ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA
ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Anaplastic cancer is a rare, aggressive malignancy with mean survival rates of <1 year. These tumors are comprised of…
UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS
UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS Matthew D. Ringel Approximately 10% of thyroid cancers are either poorly differentiated epithelial tumors or nonepithelial malignancies that are included in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification…
MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 40 – THYROID CANCER“ Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), first recognized in 1959, is a pleomorphic neoplasm with amyloid struma that arises from the calcitonin-secreting…
FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA
FOLLICULAR THYROID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 40 – THYROID CANCER“ PREVALENCE Follicular thyroid carcinoma accounts for ˜5% to 10% of all thyroid cancers in the United States.11 It occurs at…
PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 40 – THYROID CANCER“ PREVALENCE Thyroid carcinoma is classified into four major types, which in decreasing order of frequency are papillary, follicular, medullary, and…
RADIATION AND THYROID CARCINOMA
RADIATION AND THYROID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 40 – THYROID CANCER“ Thyroid carcinoma may be caused by exposure to ionizing radiation. It was the first solid tumor found to have…
THYROID CANCER
THYROID CANCER Ernest L. Mazzaferri Approximately 18,100 new cases of thyroid carcinoma were diagnosed in the United States in 1999, ranking it 22nd in incidence among the major malignancies.1 Its…
INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULES
INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF THYROID NODULES Part of “CHAPTER 39 – THE THYROID NODULE“ The clinical challenge in thyroid nodule management is to define a diagnostic protocol that will…
THYROID NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND BIOPSY
THYROID NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND BIOPSY Part of “CHAPTER 39 – THE THYROID NODULE“ Obtaining tissue or cells from a thyroid nodule by some form of biopsy technique is the best…
THYROID HORMONE SUPPRESSION
THYROID HORMONE SUPPRESSION Part of “CHAPTER 39 – THE THYROID NODULE“ Thyroid hormone has been used for many years to reduce the size of thyroid lesions thought to be dependent…
