Thyroid Cancer

References

Citations

  1. Carling T, Udelsman R (2005). Thyroid tumors section of Cancer of the endocrine system. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7th ed., pp. 1502–1520. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  2. American Cancer Society (2005). Detailed Guide: Thyroid Cancer. Available online: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/cri_2_3x.asp?dt=43.

  3. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (1996). Screening for thyroid cancer. In Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd ed., pp. 187–191. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  4. National Cancer Institute (2007). Thyroid Cancer (PDQ): Treatment—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thyroid/healthprofessional.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Thyroid Association Guidelines Taskforce (2006). Management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid, 16(2): 1–33. Also available online: http://www.liebertpub.com/thy.

  • Clark OH, et al. (2002). Thyroid. In M Dollinger et al., eds., Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy, 4th ed., pp. 785–794. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel.

  • Cooper DS, et al. (2007). The thyroid gland. In DG Gardner, D Shoback, eds., Greenspan's Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 8th ed., pp. 209–280. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • National Institutes of Health (2006). Preparing to Receive Radioactive Iodine: The Low-Iodine Diet. NIH Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health. Available online: http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/pepubs/lowio.pdf.

  • Sarkar SD (2004). Management of thyroid cancer. Applied Radiology, 33(11): 34–45.


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Author: Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPHLast Updated: September 19, 2007
Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
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