Management of Thyroid Cancer: Special Considerations (Head and Neck Cancer Clinics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8132224337 ISBN 13: 9788132224334

Verlag: Springer, 2015

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Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumor and is the seventh most common cancer seen in throughout out the world. The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing more rapidly than any other cancer in many of the cancer registries from different parts of the world.
Although the majority of thyroid cancers have an indolent biological behaviour, different histological types have a diverse clinical behaviour. Well-differentiated thyroid cancers have an excellent survival, whereas poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers have a very poor outcome. This volume of Head and Neck Cancer Clinics addresses advances, controversies and state-of-the-art treatment recommendations of various types of thyroid cancers.

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 K. Alok Pathak
Professor of Surgery
University of Manitoba
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Cancer Care Manitoba, Canada

Richard W. Nason
Professor
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Cancer Care Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada 

Janice L. Pasieka
Clinical Professor of Surgery and Oncology
Section of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology
University of Calgary, Canada

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Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant endocrine tumour. The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing more rapidly than any other cancer in many of the cancer registries from different parts of the world.

Although the majority of thyroid cancers have an indolent biological behavior, different histological types have a diverse clinical behavior. Well-differentiated thyroid cancers have an excellent survival, whereas poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers have a very poor outcome. This volume of Head and Neck Cancer Clinics addresses advances, controversies and state-of-the-art treatment recommendations of various types of thyroid cancers.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 8132224337
• ISBN 13: 9788132224334
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 161
• Herausgeber: Pathak K. Alok, Nason Richard W., Pasieka Janice L.
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