Thyroid Cancer

by H. J. Biershack

This updated second edition describes all current diagnostic techniques for thyroid cancer, including FDG-PET and MRI. In recent years these modalities have documented hitherto hidden radioiodine-negative metastases, thus improving surgical therapy. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540223096
• ISBN13: 9783540223092
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"