Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts involved in the development of standards and guidelines for its management in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia, this book contains succinct and knowledgeable summaries of the management of thyroid cancer. Every chapter describes a different aspect of care, and provides clear and detailed information about caring for patients with this group of tumors. The book is the first to follow the American and European model of treating thyroid cancer according to the high standards recommended by the available guidelines. This is an invaluable reference to health care professionals, from primary to tertiary care, involved in the management of thyroid cancer such as clinical nurse specialists, clinical psychologists, family medicine practitioners, specialists in palliative care (especially for anaplastic thyroid cancers), geneticists and surgeons, endocrinologists, oncologists, pathologists, and radiologists.

Zusammenfassung
Cancer of the thyroid gland may be a less common condition than carcinoma of the breast, lung, or colon, but it occurs with suf?cient frequency to constitute a major problem that is of concern to general practitioners, physicians, and particularly s- geons.Some idea of the frequency of thyroid carcinoma is given by its incidence in the United States. Every year some 26,000 patients are diagnosed there as suffering from thyroid cancer.Comparable ?gures apply to most countries in Europe although the in- dence does vary somewhat from country to country,perhaps depending on the endo- nous iodine intake.Of the 21,000 patients diagnosed annually in the United States,two thirds will be women,and some 800 will die of the disease during the year. This book should do much to improve the outcome in the treatment of thyroid cancer. First because it is written by a small team of experts of international repute. Secondly their wide experience of the condition allows them to write with authority and thirdly they express their views in clear and commendable English.

Inhalt
Radioiodine and external radiation therapy.- An Overview of the Management of Thyroid Cancer.- The UK Multidisciplinary Approach to Management of Thyroid Cancer.- The UK Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Thyroid Cancer: Key Recommendations.- Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Team and the Organizational Paradigm.- Thyroid Cancer from the Perspective of a Patient.- The Role of the Specialist Nurse.- The Role of the Clinical Psychologist.- The Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer.- Thyroid Nodules.- Thyroid Cancer and the General Practitioner.- The Role of the Pathologist.- Thyroid Cancer and the Endocrinologist.- Initial Thyroid Surgery.- The Specialist Endocrine Surgeon.- Initial Thyroid Surgery for Patient with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.- Management of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Complications of Thyroid Surgery.- Non-surgical Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Non-surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer.- Fertility Following Treatment with Iodine-131 for Thyroid Cancer.- Follow-up Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Recombinant Human TSH (rhTSH): Use in Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Cancer.- Thyroglobulin.- Follow-up of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.- Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Patients with Negative Whole-Body Radioiodine Scans and Elevated Serum Thyroglobulin Levels.- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Diagnosis and Management.- Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer and the Role of the Geneticist.- Thyroid Cancer in Children.- Thyroid Cancer in Childhood.- Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer: Lessons from Chernobyl.- The Use of Stable Potassium Iodide (KI) in the Event of a Nuclear Emergency.- Diagnostic Imaging Studies for Thyroid Cancer.- Ultrasound of the Thyroid.- Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Investigations in the Management of Thyroid Cancer.- CT and MRI in Thyroid Cancer.- Papillary Microcarcinoma.- Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid.- Aggressive Thyroid Cancers.- Rare Thyroid Cancers.- Management of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.- Specialist Palliative Care for Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.- Future Developments and Directions for Research in Thyroid Cancer.- Emerging Therapies for Thyroid Cancer.- Clinical Trials for Thyroid Carcinoma: Past, Present, and Future.