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9781405145848

Clinical Endocrine Oncology

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405145848

  • ISBN10:

    1405145846

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-05-12
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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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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