Endocrine neoplasia
Presents an overview of the neoplastic conditions of extracranial endocrine glands not involved in reproduction. This title covers benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid, parathyroid glands, adrenals, and neuroendocrine pancreas. It is suitable for practicing oncologists, surgical oncologists, e...
| Other Authors: | Sturgeon, Cord., SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer,
©2010.
New York : [2010] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 347 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Cancer treatment and research ;
v. 153. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Thyroid. The biology of thyroid oncogenesis / Insoo Suh and Electron Kebebew ; Evaluation of the thyroid nodule / Dina M. Elaraj ; Differentiated thyroid cancers of follicular cell origin / Linwah Yip and Sally E. Carty ; Sporadic medullary thyroid cancer / Adrian Harvey and Janice L. Pasieka ; Anaplastic thyroid cancer Alan P .B. Dackiw
- Part II: Parathyroid. Primary hyperparathyroidism / Kaitlyn J. Kelly, Herbert Chen, and Rebecca S. Sippel ; Parathyromatosis and parathyroid cancer / Wen T. Shen
- Part III: Adrenal. Incidentaloma / Jacob Moalem, Insoo Suh, and Quan-Yang Duh ; Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma / Goswin Y. Meyer-Rochow and Stan B. Sidhu ; Functional cortical neoplasms / Ali Zarrinpar and Michael W. Yeh ; Adrenocortical carcinoma / Patsy S.H. Soon and Stan B. Sidhu
- Part IV: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Gastrinoma / Anthony J. Chambers and Janice L. Pasieka ; Insulinoma / Kimberly Vanderveen and Clive Grant ; Rare neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas / Shih-Ping Cheng and Gerard M. Doherty
- Part V: Multiple endocrine neoplasia. The Menin gene / Hsin-Chieh Jennifer Shen and Steven K. Libutti ; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type I : clinical manifestations and management / Anathea C. Powell and Steven K. Libutti ; The RET protooncogene
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 : clinical manifestations and management / Amber L. Traugott and Jeffrey F. Moley.