Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Fig. 8.1 Calcitonin stain showing C-cell hyperplasia (Courtesy of Dr Moosa Khalil) MTCs are most frequently located posteriorly at the junction between the upper-third and lower two-thirds of the lateral…
Management of the Central Compartment in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
Fig. 3.1 Levels VI and VII lymph nodes in the central compartment of the neck Central Compartment Neck Dissection Central compartment lymph node dissection (Fig. 3.2) includes removal of the…
Management of Distant Metastases in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Factor Literature (references) Univariate Multivariate Patient (references) Age (17, 33) (7, 13, 15, 16, 18, 22, 31) Gender NS (18) Tumour (references) Histology (7, 17) (15, 31) Site (15, 23)…
Targeted Therapies in Thyroid Cancer
Fig. 11.1 MAPK pathway, TKI receptor inhibition MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase TK tyrosine kinase Fifty per cent of cases of sporadic MTC result from somatic mutations in the RET gene….
External Beam Radiotherapy for Thyroid Cancer
ATA [8] Over age of 45 years with grossly visible extrathyroidal extension at the time of surgery and a high likelihood of microscopic residual disease Gross residual tumour for whom…
Molecular Risk Stratification of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
59. Kim TH, Park YJ, Lim JA, et al. The association of the BRAF (V600E) mutation with prognostic factors and poor clinical outcome in papillary thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis. Cancer….
The Significance of Cervical Lymph Nodes in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Fig. 2.1 Neck levels and their relation to the accessory nerve Table 2.1 Incidence and distribution of lymph node metastases by level in patients undergoing a therapeutic lateral neck dissection…
Management of the Lateral Neck in Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Series Levels dissected Sivanandan and Soo (2001) [37] II–IV Pingpank et al. (2002) [38] II–V Caron et al. (2006) [34] III, IV Yanir and Doweck (2008) [39] II–V Kupferman et…
The Management of Recurrent/Persistent Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in the Central Compartment
Author/Year Study information RLN palsy Hypocalcaemia Transient (%) Permanent (%) Transient (%) Permanent (%) Shah et al. (2012) [42] 82 pts retrospective review 2 2 20 7 Clayman et al….
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Current Concepts
© K. Alok Pathak, Richard W. Nason, Janice L. Pasieka, Rehan Kazi, Raghav C. Dwivedi 2015K. Alok Pathak, Richard W. Nason and Janice L. Pasieka (eds.)Management of Thyroid CancerHead and Neck Cancer Clinics10.1007/978-81-322-2434-1_9 9. Anaplastic Thyroid…
