Controversies in Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Sanziana A. Roman, MDProfessorUniversity of California, San FranciscoDepartment of Surgery Wen T. Shen MD MAProfessorUniversity of California, San FranciscoDepartment of Surgery Julie Ann Sosa, MD MAProfessor and ChairUniversity of California, San FranciscoDepartment of Surgery

• Chapter 01: Incidence and Epidemiology of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Is thyroid cancer incidence truly increasing, or is it simply a finder effect?.- Chapter 02: Criteria for Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy in Thyroid Nodules.- Chapter 03: Preoperative Molecular Testing for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules.- Chapter 04: Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Chapter 05: Preoperative Laryngoscopy in Thyroid Surgery Patients.- Chapter 06: Radiofrequency Ablation for Thyroid Nodules.- Chapter 07: Management of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer in a patient with familial non-medullary thyroid cancer.- Chapter 08: Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring in Thyroid Operations.- Chapter 09: Extent of Surgery for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Chapter 10: Surgical Management of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer with Tracheal Invasion.- Chapter 11: Management of Central Neck Nodes in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Chapter 12: Impact of Surgeon Volume in Thyroid Operations.- Chapter 13: Intraoperative/Postoperative Calcium Management in Thyroidectomy.- Chapter 14: Indications for Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Thyroid Cancer Patients.- Chapter 15: Recurrent Nodal Metastases of Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Chapter 16: Management of Non-Invasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Features (NIFT-P).- Chapter 17: Timing of long-term post-operative surveillance for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer.- Chapter 18: External-Beam Radiation for Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer – Is There a Role?