THYROID CANCER BOOK

CONTENTS:

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION / Prof. Dr. Erol Düren

PART 1

PHYSIOPATHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER / Prof. Dr. Mete Düren

Etiological Factors

Molecular Pathogenesis

Angiogenesis

PART 2

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER / Prof. Dr. Recep Özgültekin, Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhyittin Temiz,

Anamnesis and Physical Examination in Preoperative Diagnosis

Ultrasonography (USG)

Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB)

Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) accompanied by Ultrasonography (USG)

Scintigraphy

Computerized Tomography (CT)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

PART 3

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER (DTC) / Prof. Dr. Recep Özgültekin

General Approach and Total Thyroidectomy

A More Limited Procedure than Total Thyroidectomy

Choice of Treatment According to DTC Types

Follicular Thyroid Cancer (FTC)

Hurthle Cell Cancer (HCC)

Complimentary Thyroid Cancer and Indications

PART 4

SURGICAL PATHOLOGY IN DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER / Prof. Dr. Recep Özgültekin, Dr. Mustafa Emirleroglu

Scoring

Papillary Carcinoma

Follicular Carcinoma

PART 5

POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DUE TO THYROID CANCER SURGERY / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Özcan, Dr. Ilknur Erenler Kiliç

General Complications

Specific complications

PART 6

POST-OPERATIVE TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP IN DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER / Prof. Dr. M. Ates Özyegin

Radioiodine Ablation Treatment

TSH Suppression Treatment

PART 7

TREATMENT OF DISTANT METASTASES IN DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER /Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Özcan, Dr. Oguzhan Sunamak

Diagnostic Methods

Treatment Methods

PART 8

EXPERIMENTAL STAGES OF TREATMENT METHODS IN DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER / Dr. Adem Karatas, Prof. Dr. Mete Düren

Angiogenesis Inhibition

New Approaches to Metastatic Disease

PART 9

REGIONAL METASTASIS AND NECK DISSECTIONS IN THYROID CANCER / Prof. Dr. Yusuf Bükey

Lymphatic Drainage of the Thyroid Gland

Risk Factors in Lymphatic Ganglion Metastasis

Prognostic Factors

The Path to Determine in Thyroid Cancer Patients where Palpable Ganglion is not Detected

Classification of Neck Dissections

Techniques in Neck Dissection

Choice of Incision

Technique

Complications

PART 10

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN THE ETIOLOGY OF MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER / Dr. Ilhan Karabiçak, Dr. Fatih Aydogan, Prof. Dr. Mete Düren

MEN - 2A

MEN - 2B

Familial MTC

Sporadic MTC

Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Clinical Features of Medullary Thyroid Cancer

PART 11

MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER / Prof. Dr. M. Ates Özyegin, Dr. Adem Karatas

Embryology and Histology

Sporadic MTC

C Cell Hyperplasia

Hereditary MTC

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2

Treatment

Prognosis and Follow-up

PART 12

MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ANAPLASTIC AND LATE STAGE DIFFERENTIATED CANCERS OF THE THYROID / Prof. Dr. Yusuf Bükey

Clinical Features

Diagnosis

Treatment

Multidisciplinary Approaches in Patients with Late Stage Differentiated Non-Resectable Thyroid Cancer

PART 13

RARE MALIGN TUMOURS OF THE THYROID / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Özcan, Dr. Selin Kapan

Rare Tumours of the Thyroid

Metastatic Tumours to the Thyroid Gland

INDEX