Thyroid Cancer

<p>The 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. <strong>Thyroid Cancer: From Emergent Biotechnology to Clinical Practice Guidelines</strong> 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.</p><p></p><p>A synthesis of ideas by prominent world experts in the field of thyroid cancer research and clinical practice <strong>Thyroid Cancer</strong> covers:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>Technologically-advanced diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions </li> <br><br><li>Diagnostic techniques employed in the detection and follow-up of thyroid cancer including ultrasound needle aspiration techniques CT PET PET-CT and MRI</li> <br><br><li>Basic principles of systems biology molecular and translational medicine CPG development and risk stratification for thyroid cancer</li> <br><br><li>How CPG contain knowledge gaps and produce uncertainty</li> <br><br><li>Advances in the field including new surgical techniques molecular targeted therapies external beam radiation therapy and chemotherapy</li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>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. </p>