Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer (eBook)

Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts involved in the development of standards and guidelines for its management in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia, the book contains succinct and knowledgeable summaries of the management of thyroid cancer. Every chapter describes a different aspect of care, and provides clear and detailed information about caring for patients with this group of tumors.

This is an invaluable reference to health care professionals, from primary to tertiary care, involved in the management of thyroid cancer such as clinical nurse specialists, clinical psychologists, family medicine practitioners, specialists in palliative care (especially for anaplastic thyroid cancers), geneticists and surgeons, endocrinologists, oncologists, pathologists, and radiologists.

Dr Ujjal Mallick, MBBS MS FRCPE (Hon) FRCP (Hon) FRCR Consultant Clinical Oncologist Formerly Consultant Oncologist and  past Chair, Multidisciplinary thyroid cancer team (MDT), Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, a centre of excellence for thyroid cancer. Chief Investigator of the first UK National Thyroid Cancer Trial -Hilo-( NEJM 2012) which helped modify international guidelines and practice and of the on-going second UK trial-IoN. One of the lead authors of the first UK National guideline. The MDT obtained many prestigious national awards including-Best NHS 'Hospital Doctor' Oncology Team of the Year' Award 2007, Best Thyroid cancer MDT in NHS Peer Review 2011, first prize in NHS innovations award 2007 and others. He initiated an acclaimed MD clinic involving an expert thyroid cancer patient. Current interests are trials, biomarkers and guideline implementation. 

Dr Clive Harmer MB FRCR FRCP. Clinical Oncologist Consultant in Clinical Oncology at St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Marsden NHS Trust (where he was head of the Thyroid unit) until August 2005. Recognized teacher of the University of London and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cancer Research.