9783540413905 - thyroid cancer: current concepts in diagnosis and therapy (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. XX, 301 S. : Ill. Very good. Shrink wrapped. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 730.

Gebunden. Zustand: Gut. Gebraucht - Gut Zustand: Gut, XX, 301 S., 51 Abb., 30 Tab., Verlagsmängelexemplar About this book The emergence of novel diagnostic and therapeutic concepts calls for the publication of a new volume on thyroid cancer. This book describes all current diagnostic techniques, including FDG-PET and MRI. In recent years these modalities have documented hitherto hidden radioiodine-negative metastases, thus improving surgical therapy. The whole gamut of treatment, including surgery, radioiodine therapy, percutaneous radiation therapy and medical management, is covered. In some 10% of differentiated thyroid cancers, the well-known treatment tools of surgery and radioiodine therapy are not sufficient. New treatment modalities such as high-dose radioiodine therapy, redifferentiation therapy with retinoic acid and recombinant TSH are therefore highlighted. In a special section devoted to medullary thyroid cancer, new imaging procedures such as octreotide scintigraphy are described. Written for clinicians and scientists. …