Thyroid Cancers: Considerations, Classifications, and Managements
( Diagnosis and Management of Head and Neck Cancer )
Publication series ： Diagnosis and Management of Head and Neck Cancer
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: INT6519070128
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535134954
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535134961
Subject： R73 Oncology
Keyword： 肿瘤学
Language： ENG
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Thyroid Cancers: Considerations, Classifications, and Managements
Description
Rapidly increasing trend of thyroid cancer incidence has turned this disease into a global concern. An estimated number of 64,300 new cases of thyroid cancer occurred in men and women in 2016, which represents 3.8% of all new cancer cases of USA (https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/thyro.html). Thus, there is a high possibility for every physician to encounter a case of thyroid cancer during his/her professional lifetime. In this chapter, we clarified epidemiology, different categories, and new approaches toward diagnosis and management of thyroid cancer.
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