Carpi Angelo, Mechanick Jeffrey I. (eds.) Thyroid Cancer: From Emergent Biotechnologies to Clinical Practice Guidelines

CRC Press, 2011. — 401 p. — ISBN: 9781439862216The current age of clinical medicine is witnessing biotechnological innovation at an unprecedented pace. As a result, the recently popularized clinical practice guidelines (CPG), as a tool to assist clinical decision-making, have been struggling to keep up. Thyroid Cancer: From Emergent Biotechnology to Clinical Practice Guidelines rides the wave of medical innovation, analyzing current and future CPG, and providing an up-to-date and comprehensive treatise on thyroid cancer, its diagnosis, and treatment. A comprehensive, scientific description of current and future diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for the management of thyroid cancer, this treatise is an indispensible reference for both the specialist and referring physician.Principles of Translational Medicine and Applications to Thyroid Cancer Investigation
Systems Biology — An Overview
Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in the MAP Kinase and PI3K/Akt Pathways in Thyroid Cancer
Genetic and Molecular Pathophysiology of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Risk Stratification in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Thyroid Cancer: Where Are We Now?
Illustrative Case Studies of Thyroid Carcinoma and the Emerging Role of Molecular Medicine Advances in Thyroid Ultrasound for Detection and Follow-Up of Thyroid Malignancies: Technical and Clinical Aspects
Multimodality Imaging and Aspiration Biopsy Guidance in the Perioperative Management of Thyroid Carcinoma
The Use of Diagnostic Radiotracers in Thyroid Cancer
PET-CT Scanning in the Management of Thyroid Cancer: Experience with a Cohort of 100 Patients
The Emerging Role of Percutaneous Needle Biopsy and Molecular Tumor Marker Analysis for the Preoperative Selection of Thyroid Nodules
Image-Guided Mini-Invasive Ablation of Thyroid Tumors and Distant Metastases
Thyroidectomy and Neck Exploration: New Surgical Approaches
Thyroid Surgery Performed under Local Anesthesia and Same-Day Surgery
The Use of Therapeutic Radiotracers in Thyroid Cancer
External Beam Radiation Therapy in Thyroid Cancer
Role of Chemotherapy in Thyroid Cancer
Role of NF-κB in Thyroid Cancer
Biologically Targeted Therapies for Thyroid Cancers
Molecular Targeted Therapies of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Synthesis of Emergent Biotechnologies into Future CPG