This book is edited by a team of experts from across the globe. Kirby I. Bland, MD, is based at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, in the USA, where he is the Fay Fletcher Kerner Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and the Deputy Director at the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Michael G. Sarr, MD is the James C. Marson Professor of Surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN in the USA. Markus W. Büchler, MD, is a Professor of Surgery and the Chairman of the Department of General and Visceral Surgery at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Attila Csendes, MD FACS(Hon) is a Professor of Surgery and the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University Hospital in Santiago, Chile. O. James Garden, MBChB MD FRCS(Ed) FRCP(Ed) FRACS(Hon), is the Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the UK. John Wong, BSc(Med(Syd)) MBBS(Syd) PhD(Syd) MD(Hon(Syd)) FRACS FRCS(Edin) FRCS(Glasg) FACS(Hon) is the Chair Professor for the Department of Surgery at The University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, China.

From the reviews: "This compact book on endocrine surgery is derived from a large, two-volume comprehensive textbook on general surgery ... . it offers a number of short, concise, meaty chapters with up-to-date information about the pathologic entities encountered during surgery of the endocrine system. ... The book is written for both trainees and general surgeons who encounter endocrine problems as part of their practice. ... This is compact and reasonably priced. It does a nice job of summarizing important and potentially confusing information." (Carol Scott-Conner, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2012) "This white coat book reviews in 8 chapters some of the most common endocrine tumors: thyroid cancer, hyperparathyroidism, adrenal tumors. ... Illustrated with tables and references it is a well written and easy readable text. Mainly for residents." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 9 (2), December, 2011)

• Goiter and Nontoxic Benign Thyroid Conditions.- Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Follicular, Hurthle Cell, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancers.- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Hyperparathyroidism: Primary and Secondary.- Functioning and Non-functioning Adrenal Tumors.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.- Carcinoid Neoplasms.