Clinical Endocrine Oncology

by Hay, Ian D.; Wass, John A. H.

• ISBN13: 9781405145848
• ISBN10: 1405145846
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-12
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A truly comprehensive reference for the management of patients with endocrine cancerThe new edition of Clinical Endocrine Oncology has been fully revised and extended making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference available. Written and edited by leading international experts in the field, it sets the standard in multidisciplinary care for patients with endocrine tumors.The book provides specific and detailed guidance on the basic, clinical, investigative and therapeutic processes required for the thorough evaluation of a patient with a tumor in an endocrine organ. The eighty-four chapters are arranged in seven parts:- Endocrine Oncology and Therapeutic Options - Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors - Pituitary and Hypothalamic Lesions - Adrenal and Gonadal Tumors - Neuroendocrine Tumors and the Clinical Syndromes - Medical Syndromes and Endocrine Neoplasia - Endocrine-responsive Tumors and Female Reproductive Hormone Therapy.This authoritative and practical text will be an invaluable resource for all those working in the field, including endocrinologists, medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation therapists, interventional radiologists, specialist nurses, and clinical scientists.John A.H. Wass is joined in this edition by a new editor, Ian D. Hay, Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology Research at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Author Biography

Ian D. Hay, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA. A Glasgow graduate, Professor Hay has spent the majority of his career in the USA, winning the Randall G. Sprague Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Subspecialty Trainee in Endocrinology from the Mayo Clinic in 1981. He has been recognised with thirteen awards throughout his career, the latest one being the Prix de la Journee de Medecine Nucleaire from the l'Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France in 1997. He is also a contributor to Williams' Textbook of Endocrinology.

John A.H. Wass, Professor of Endocrinology, The Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Oxford, UK. Current President of the European Federation of Endocrine Societies and President of the Society for Endocrinology (UK). Co-Editor of The Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes (published 2002) and The Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes (published August 2002).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Endocrinology, the Hertz Brothers, and the History of Cancer

Endocrine Oncology and Therapeutic Options

Structure and Development of the Endocrine System

Epidemiology of Endocrine Tumors

Inherited Cancers, Genes, and Chromosomes

Hormones, Growth Factors, and Tumor Growth

Genetic Counseling and Clinical Cancer Genetics

Prospects for Gene Therapy for Endocrine Malignancies

Tumor Targeting: Mona Waterhouse

Techniques in Radiation Medicine

Interventional Radiology

Surgical Management of Endocrine Tumors

Endocrine Tumor Markers

General Management of Cancer Patients

Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors

Assessment of Thyroid Neoplasia: Kristien Boelaert

Thyroid and Parathyroid Imaging

Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer: Jan Zedenius

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

Thyroid Lymphoma

Radiation-induced Thyroid Tumors

Parathyroid Adenomas and Hyperplasia

Parathyroid Carcinoma

Molecular Pathogenesis of Pituitary Adenomas

Functional Assessment of the Pituitary

Imaging of the Pituitary and Hypothalamus

Pathology of Tumors of the Pituitary

Surgery for Pituitary Tumors

Pituitary Radiotherapy

Prolactinomas

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