McDougall Management of Thyroid Cancer and Related Nodular Disease

2006
ISBN: 978-1-84628-006-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 398 Seiten, eBook

This book covers all aspects of thyroid cancer. Heavily illustrated and including pathology, thyroid and whole-body scans, ultrasounds and other nuclear medicine and radiological studies, the book addresses important issues that physicians should cover when dealing with their patients. The text is designed for physicians, endocrinologists, nuclear medicine physicians, general and head and neck surgeons, oncologists and radiation oncologists, and primary care doctors. Other groups are residents, medical students, and nurse practitioners researching a patient-related problem.

Iain Ross McDougall is Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Acting Director of Nuclear Medicine Division at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA and has a continued academic and clinical interest in the etiology and management of thyroid cancer. Previously, he wrote a single author textbook, Thyroid Disease in Clinical Practice (Chapman and Hall, London, 1992) that was well reviewed in the BMJ, Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine. He has published numerous journal articles and contributed chapters to over 100 books

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

McDougall, I. Ross

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thyroid Cancer: Epidemiology and Overview.- Thyroid Anatomy and Physiology.- Thyroid Pathology.- Thyroid Nodule.- Etiology of Thyroid Cancer.- Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Children.- Thyroid Cancer and Pregnancy.- Anaplastic Carcinoma of the Thyroid.- Medullary Cancer.- Primary Lymphoma of the Thyroid.- Metastases to the Thyroid.

Über Autor(innen)

Iain Ross McDougall is Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Acting Director of Nuclear Medicine Division at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA and has a continued academic and clinical interest in the etiology and management of thyroid cancer. Previously, he wrote a single author textbook,
Thyroid Disease in Clinical Practice
(Chapman and Hall, London, 1992) that was well reviewed in the BMJ, Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine. He has published numerous journal articles and contributed chapters to over 100 books