| Foreword |
|
v | |
|
|
| Preface |
|
vii | |
|
|
|
xiii | |
|
An Overview of the Management of Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
1 | (30) |
|
|
|
Section I. The UK Multidisciplinary Approach to Management of Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
|
The UK Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Thyroid Cancer: Key Recommendations |
|
|
31 | (8) |
|
|
|
Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Team and the Organisational Paradigm |
|
|
39 | (16) |
|
|
|
Thyroid Cancer from the Perspective of a Patient |
|
|
55 | (4) |
|
|
|
The Role of the Specialist Nurse |
|
|
59 | (6) |
|
|
|
The Role of the Clinical Psychologist |
|
|
65 | (10) |
|
|
|
Section II. The Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
|
|
|
75 | (8) |
|
|
|
Thyroid Cancer and the General Practitioner |
|
|
83 | (12) |
|
|
|
|
|
The Role of the Pathologist |
|
|
95 | (14) |
|
|
|
Thyroid Cancer and the Endocrinologist |
|
|
109 | (12) |
|
|
|
Section III. Initial Thyroid Surgery |
|
|
|
The Specialist Endocrine Surgeon |
|
|
121 | (14) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Initial Thyroid Surgery for Patient with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma |
|
|
135 | (14) |
|
|
|
|
|
Management of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
149 | (16) |
|
|
|
Complications of Thyroid Surgery |
|
|
165 | (6) |
|
|
|
Section IV. Non-surgical Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
|
Non-surgical Management of Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
171 | (22) |
|
|
|
|
|
Fertility Following Treatment with Iodine-131 for Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
193 | (8) |
|
|
|
Section V. Follow-up Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
|
Recombinant Human TSH (rhTSH): Use in Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
201 | (10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
211 | (18) |
|
|
|
|
|
Follow-up of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma |
|
|
229 | (8) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Patients with Negative Whole-Body Radioiodine Scans and Elevated Serum Thyroglobulin Levels |
|
|
237 | (18) |
|
|
|
Section VI. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma |
|
|
|
Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Diagnosis and Management |
|
|
255 | (26) |
|
|
|
|
|
Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer and the Role of the Geneticist |
|
|
281 | (22) |
|
|
|
|
|
Section VII. Thyroid Cancer in Children |
|
|
|
Thyroid Cancer in Childhood |
|
|
303 | (18) |
|
|
|
|
|
Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer: Lessons from Chernobyl |
|
|
321 | (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
The Use of Stable Potassium Iodide (KI) in the Event of a Nuclear Emergency |
|
|
327 | (8) |
|
|
|
Section VIII. Diagnostic Imaging Studies for Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
|
Ultrasound of the Thyroid |
|
|
335 | (6) |
|
|
|
Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Investigations in the Management of Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
341 | (18) |
|
|
|
CT and MRI in Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
359 | (12) |
|
|
|
Section IX. Papillary Microcarcinoma |
|
|
|
Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid |
|
|
371 | (22) |
|
|
|
|
|
Section X. Aggressive Thyroid Cancers |
|
|
|
|
|
393 | (10) |
|
|
|
|
|
Management of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
403 | (8) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialist Palliative Care for Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma |
|
|
411 | (12) |
|
|
|
Section XI. Future Developments and Directions for Research in Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
|
Emerging Therapies for Thyroid Cancer |
|
|
423 | (6) |
|
|
|
Clinical Trials for Thyroid Carcinoma: Past, Present, and Future |
|
|
429 | (6) |
|
|
| Index |
|
435 | |