Thyroid Cancers: Considerations, Classifications, and Managements

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). T...

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Main Authors: Khosravi, Mohammad Hossein (Author), Kouhi, Ali (Author), Saeedi, Masoumeh (Author), Bagherihagh, Ali (Author), Amirzade-Iranaq, Mohammad Hosein (Author)
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Published: IntechOpen, 2017-09-06.
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Summary: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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