Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases A Case-Based Guide
This book presents as teaching files a collection of cases of thyroid and parathyroid diseases seen at various high-volume endocrinology centers. The cases, most of which are accompanied by instructive images, have been selected in order to impart clinica
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Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases
Tamer Özülker • Mine Adaş Semra Günay Editors
Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases A Case-Based Guide
Editors Tamer Özülker University of Health Sciences (SBÜ) Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey
Mine Adaş University of Health Sciences (SBÜ) Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey
Semra Günay University of Health Sciences (SBÜ) Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital Istanbul Turkey
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Preface
The overall incidence and prevalence of thyroid disease, particularly thyroid cancer, have both been increasing globally, mostly due to the scientific development and technological advances in diagnostic and therapeutic tools providing early detection and increased survival. This increase is evident primarily in low-risk differentiated thyroid carcinomas, which confronts the clinician with the dilemma of performing overtreatment versus jeopardizing the patient while choosing a conservative approach. Guidelines which have been prepared to standardize and clarify the approaches to the thyroid diseases, depending on the researches that have been made over the last two decades yielded a paradigm shift in favor of behaving less invasive regarding surgery and radioiodine therapy. However, as we discussed the daily cases in our endocrine multidisciplinary meeting, we have recognized that the application of recommendations made in these current evidence-based clinical practic
