Chapter 21 Dynamic Risk Group Analysis for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Genevieve Rondeau, R. Michael Tuttle Introduction As described in detail in Chapters 17, Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Neoplasia, 18, Papillary…
Chapter 38 Central Neck Dissection Technique Ralph P. Tufano, Andre Potenza, Gregory W. Randolph “The ancient oracle [at Delphi] said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It…
Chapter 36 Robotic and Extracervical Approaches to the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands A Modern Classification Scheme F. Christopher Holsinger, Ronald B. Kuppersmith, Woong Youn Chung Introduction Please go to expertconsult.com…
Chapter 27 Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Abdalla E. Zarroug, Geoffrey B. Thompson Introduction Much like many childhood diseases, there are major differences in the treatment of pediatric patients with thyroid cancers…
Chapter 53 Reoperative Thyroid Surgery Jeremy L. Freeman, Dae S. Kim, Mohammed Ahmed Alzahrani, Gregory W. Randolph Introduction Approximately one third of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) have tumor…
Chapter 17 Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Neoplasia Massimo Santoro, Thomas J. Fahey, III. Introduction Thyroid neoplasms encompass a broad spectrum of diseases with variable prognoses. Different histopathologic types of thyroid…
Chapter 23 Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Jeffrey F. Moley Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) comprises 5% to 10% of all thyroid cancers. MTC arises from the parafollicular or C-cells of…
Chapter 20 Follicular Thyroid Cancer Joshua P. Klopper, Bryan R. Haugen Introduction Follicular thyroid cancer (FTC) is a subset of follicular cell–derived thyroid cancer. It falls within the broad category…
Chapter 29 Familial Nonmedullary Thyroid Cancer Aarti Mathur, Electron Kebebew Introduction In 1955, Robinson and Orr published the first report of isolated familial papillary thyroid cancer affecting 24-year-old identical twins.1…
Chapter 49 Ethics and Malpractice in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Peter Angelos, Keith S. Heller Malpractice Issues Introduction All surgeons are ethically concerned about limiting surgical complications. In the United…
