Focus on thyroid cancer research / Carl A. Milton, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milton, Carl A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thyroid gland--Cancer.

Thyroid gland.

Endocrine glands--Cancer.

Endocrine glands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland. These may be of many types including papillary, follicular, Hurthle cell (aka oxyphilic or oncocytic), or medullary cancers. Surgery plays an important role in treating these cancers. The thyroid concentrates iodine and so is extremely sensitive to the effects of various radioactive isotopes of iodine produced by nuclear fission. These radioactive isotopes increase the chances of developing cancer, though thyroid cancer can develop even without any exposure to radioactivity. Some evidence suggests that insufficient or excessive dietary iodine may also increase the risk for thyroid cancer. This new book presents the latest research in this field.

Contents:

Role of radioactive iodine (I-131) in management of differentiated thyroid carcinoma / Sin-Ming Chow

Biological characteristics and therapeutic stratagies for papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid / Yasuhiro Ito and Akira Miyauchi

Radioiodine in therapy of patients with Hürthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid / Nikola Besic, Barbara Vidergar-Kralj and Ivana Zagar

Cysts of the thyroid with thyroid carcinomas / Jen-Der Lin, Chuen Hsueh and Tzu-Chieh Chao

Value of tumor M2-PK in thyroid carcinoma / Nicole Françoise Bena-Boupda

Familial nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma / Carl D. Malchoff and Diana M. Malchoff

Recent advances in the treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma / Levent Saydam and Mete K. Bozkurt

Medullary thyroid carcinoma / Vitaliy Zh. Brzhezovskiy ... [et al.]

The role of RT inhibitors as a novel molecular targeted treatment in the management of poorly differentiated thyroid tumors / M. Landriscina ... [et al.].

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61209-753-7

OCLC:

923660442