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Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Thyroid Cancer

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Thyroid Cancer

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 73))

Abstract

Nuclear medicine is the application of radionuclides to the investigation and treatment of disease. In its widest form, the speciality of nuclear medicine is thus involved in the management and treatment of patients with thyroid cancer at all stages. For the purpose of this review, however, the discussion will be restricted to the investigation of thyroid cancer before and after treatment; the subject of radioiodine therapy will be dealt with elsewhere. There are two distinct applications, which will be dealt with separately: (1) Preoperative diagnosis, which is usually the investigation of the solitary thyroid nodule; (2) Postoperative assessment of residual functioning thyroid tissue and detection of residual or recurrent functioning tumour, including metastatic deposits.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, GB

    M. N. Maisey & S. Ng Tang Fui

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Maisey, M.N., Ng Tang Fui, S. (1980). Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Thyroid Cancer. In: Duncan, W. (eds) Thyroid Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 73. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81325-2_8

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