Molecular Basis of Thyroid Cancer (Cancer Treatment and Research, 122) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402081065 ISBN 13: 9781402081064

Publisher: Springer, 2005

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Thyroid cancer shows the fastest rate of increase in women in the USA. There is an urgent need to better understand its underlying causes, explore efficient and sensitive methods for its diagnosis, new methods of treatment and follow-up, based on the recent advances in technology.

Molecular Basis of thyroid Cancer brings together top-flight experts from across the globe to consider present state of the art treatment and techniques and what the future holds. The product of this effort is invaluable to endocrinologists, particularly those with an interest in the thyroid, molecular oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and those in biotechnology intent on devising innovative therapies for cancer.

"Significant advances in our understanding of thyroid cancer have occurred over the previous decade. This text discusses the molecular alterations and pathologic manifestations seen in this disease. Distinguished investigators address both the basic biology and clinical issues pertinent to our understanding and management of patients with thyroid cancer."

Steven T. Rosen, M.D.

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Review

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Reviewer’s Expert Opinion: Ronald N Cohen, MD (University of Chicago Medical Center)

This book discusses and evaluates recent advances in the molecular basis of the pathogenesis and treatment of the various forms of thyroid cancer. The purpose is to convey a better understanding of the factors that cause thyroid cancer, as well as to explore novel strategies for its treatment, focusing on recent advances in molecular biology. There is a significant, and rapidly-growing, literature concerning the molecular biology of thyroid cancer, and this book is a welcome addition that allows these novel findings to be placed in perspective. There will be a relatively narrow audience for this book. In particular, it will appeal significantly more to thyroidologists than to general endocrinologists. In addition, it will be interesting to nuclear medicine physicians, pathologists, and oncologists if they have a specific interest in thyroid cancer. The book covers a wide range of topics, ranging from the pathology of thyroid tumors to specific molecular events in the pathogenesis of thyroid cancer. In this process, chapters devoted to specific molecules important in thyroid cancer are included. In addition, information on NIS, and how it relates to thyroid cancer imaging and treatment is discussed in detail. Finally, molecular genetics, for example the genetics of medullary thyroid cancer, is also included. The chapters are well written and informative, though there is occasional overlap. For physicians and scientists with a significant interest in thyroid cancer, this book is a welcome addition. It provides a wealth of interesting information, and I enjoyed it very much.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1402081065
• ISBN 13: 9781402081064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 452
• Editor: FARID NADIR R.