Full Description
The entire topic of thyroid cancer diagnosis workup, surgery, adjuvant therapies, surveillance strategies and management of recurrences is presented in this compact disc by leading physicians from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA. In addition to lecture presentations, this CD also contains videos of several operative procedures demonstrating the technical details of surgery, for primary cancers of the thyroid gland as well as regional lymph node metastasis.
In addition, extensive surgical procedures for locally advanced thyroid cancers are also demonstrated. The authors giving the presentations in this compact disc are world leaders in thyroid cancer management, who have contributed significantly in major paradigm shifts in the staging and management of thyroid cancer. The first part of the compact disc consists of 6 lecture presentations followed by video demonstration of operative techniques in the second part.
Contents
Introduction
TALKS
1. Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Workup of Thyroid Cancer
2. Risk Group Stratification and Selection of Surgical Treatment
3. Surgical Management of Locally Advanced Thyroid Cancer
4. Management of Neck Metastases
5. Surgical Management of Recurrent Thyroid Cancer
6. Adjuvant Therapy, and Management of Metastatic Disease
VIDEOS
1. Thyroid Lobectomy
2. Total Thyroidectomy and Central Node Dissection
3. Comprehensive Lateral Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
4. Tracheal Resection for Thyroid Cancer
5. Cricotracheal Resection and Management of the Airway
6. Mediastinal Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
