The current age of clinical medicine is witnessing biotechnological innovation at an unprecedented pace. As a result, the recently popularized clinical practice guidelines (CPG), as a tool to assist clinical decision-making, have been struggling to keep up. Thyroid Cancer: From Emergent Biotechnology to Clinical Practice Guidelinesrides the wave of medical innovation, analyzing current and future CPG, and providing an up-to-date and comprehensive treatise on thyroid cancer, its diagnosis, and treatment. A synthesis of ideas by prominent world experts in the field of thyroid cancer research and clinical practice, Thyroid Cancercovers:Technologically-advanced diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventionsDiagnostic techniques employed in the detection and follow-up of thyroid cancer including ultrasound, needle aspiration techniques, CT, PET, PET-CT, and MRIBasic principles of systems biology, molecular and translational medicine, CPG development, and risk stratification for thyroid cancerHow CPG contain knowledge gaps and produce uncertaintyAdvances in the field, including new surgical techniques, molecular targeted therapies, external beam radiation therapy, and chemotherapyA comprehensive, scientific description of current and future diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for the management of thyroid cancer, this treatise is an indispensible reference for both the specialist and referring physician. | Thyroid Cancer by Angelo Carpi, Paperback | Indigo Chapters