Thyroid Cancer : A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management

Part I. General Considerations I: Thyroid Cancer

Anatomy and Physiology of the Thyroid Gland: Clinical Correlates to
Thyroid Cancer
Nikolaos Stathatos

Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer
James J. Figge

Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer
James J. Figge, Nikolai A. Kartel, Dima Yarmolinsky, and Gennady Ermak

Molecular Aspects of Thyroid Cancer in Children
Gary L. Francis

Oncogenes in Thyroid Cancer
Katherine B. Weber and Michael T. McDermott

Apoptosis in Thyroid Cancer
Su He Wang and James R. Baker, Jr.

Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer
James J. Figge, Timothy Jennings, Gregory Gerasimov, Nikolai A.
Kartel, Dima Yarmolinsky, and Gennady Ermak

Classification of Thyroid Malignancies
Yolanda C. Oertel

Staging of Thyroid Cancer
Leonard Wartofsky

Thyroid Cancer in Children and Adolescents
Merrily Poth

Recombinant Human Thyrotropin
Matthew D. Ringel and Stephen J. Burgun

Part II. General Considerations II: Nuclear Medicine

History of the Role of Nuclear Medicine in the Thyroid Gland and its
Diseases: A Personal Perspective
Henry N. Wagner, Jr.

Prophylaxis against Radiation Exposure from Radioiodine
Jacob Robbins and Arthur B. Schneider

Radioiodine Whole Body Imaging
Frank B. Atkins and Douglas Van Nostrand

Primer and Atlas for the Interpretation of Radioiodine Whole-Body
Scintigraphy
Douglas Van Nostrand, Reetha Bakthula, and Frank B. Atkins

False-Positive Radioiodine Scans in Thyroid Cancer
Brahm Shapiro, Vittoria Rufini, Ayman Jarwan, Onelio Geatti,
Kimberlee J. Kearfott, Lorraine M. Fig, Ian D. Kirkwood, John E.
Freitas, and Milton D. Gross

Part III. The Thyroid Nodule

The Thyroid Nodule: Evaluation, Risk of Malignancy, and Management
Leonard Wartofsky

Fine Needle Aspiration: Technique
Yolanda C. Oertel

Thyroid Nodules: Cellular and Biochemical Markers for Malignancy
Kathleen A. Prendergast

Radionuclide Imaging of Thyroid Nodules
Douglas Van Nostrand

Ultrasonic Imaging of the Neck in Patients with Thyroid Cancer
Manfred Blum

Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Risk: Surgical Management
Orlo H. Clark

Part IV. Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Papillary Carcinoma

A. Presentation

Papillary Cancer: Clinical Aspects
Leonard Wartofsky

Surgical Approach to Papillary Cancer
Orlo H. Clark

Papillary Carcinoma: Cytology and Pathology
Yolanda C. Oertel and James E. Oertel

Part IV. Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer:

B. Initial Management

Prescribed Activity for Radioiodine Ablation
Douglas Van Nostrand

Thyroid Remnant Radioiodine Ablation with Recombinant Human
Thyrotropin
R. Michael Tuttle and Richard J. Robbins

Part IV. Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer:

C. Surveillance

Follow-Up Strategy in Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Henry B. Burch

Levothyroxine Therapy and Thyrotropin Suppression
Leonard Wartofsky

Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Antibodies: Measurement and
Interferences
D. Robert Dufour

Diagnosis of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer in Patients with Positive
Antithyroglobulin Antibodies
Matthew D. Ringel

Surveillance Radioiodine Whole-Body Scans
Douglas Van Nostrand

Radionuclide Imaging and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer in Children
Gary L. Francis

Positron Emission Tomography in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
I. Ross McDougall

Alternative Thyroid Imaging
Anca M. Avram, Karen C. Rosenspire, Stewart C. Davidson, John E.
Freitas, and Milton D. Gross

The 밪tunning?Controversy. A. Stunning: Untoward Effect of 131I
Thyroid Imaging Prior to Radioablation Therapy
Hee-Myung Park and Stephen K Gerard

B. Stunning Is Not a Problem
I. Ross McDougall

C. Stunning: Does it Exist? A Commentary
Douglas Van Nostrand

Ultrasonic Imaging and Identification of Metastases in Cervical Lymph
Nodes
Manfred Blum

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Imaging of Thyroid
Cancer
James J. Jelinek, Kenneth D. Burman, Richard S. Young, and Alexander
S. Mark

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