This
in-depth illustrated reference book on thyroid cancer is available from
ThyCa as well as bookstores. Here are details about the book.
Thyroid Cancer: A Guide
for Patients
(Keystone
Press, 2004. Illustrated, 336 pages.)
Now available
in both English and Spanish editions.
This in-depth
reference book on thyroid cancer is authored by numerous distinguished
thyroid cancer experts.
It is available
from ThyCa as well as bookstores. Proceeds from orders placed through
ThyCa benefit our free support services, outreach and early detection
programs, and thyroid cancer research grants.
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Excerpts Below
Editors: Douglas
Van Nostrand, M.D., Gary Bloom, and Leonard Wartofsky, M.D.
A reference book
for patients and caregivers.
Foreword by Ernest
L. Mazzaferri, M.D., President, 2005-2006, American Thyroid Association.
Reprinted with permission.
The 28 contributing
authors include 18 physicians from varied specialties involved in
thyroid cancer care and research, plus other medical and mental health
professionals, as well as thyroid cancer patients and a caregiver.
Front
Cover
Back Cover
Contents (reprinted with permission) HTML
Authors (reprinted with permission) HTML
Fine Needle Aspiration of the Thyroid
Radioiodine Ablation and Treatment for Papillary
and Follicular Thyroid Cancer
Delayed
Salivary Gland Pain and Swelling after RAI
Hypothyroidism Symptoms Following Temporary
Withdrawal from Thyroid Hormone
Children and Adolescents: Thyroid Nodules
and Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Are There Differences in the
Presentation of Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer in Adults and Children?
Corrections/Clarifications
About the Editors
Praise for the Book
All proceeds above
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free support and education services and thyroid cancer research funds.
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or profit from the development, publishing, or distribution of the
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About
the Editors
Douglas Van
Nostrand, M.D., is the Director of Nuclear Medicine at
Washington Hospital Center. His specialty is nuclear medicine, and
his
primary area of interest and expetise is the nuclear medicine diagnosis
and treatment of thyroid cancer. He has held numerous academic and
medical society positions, including Clinical Professor of Radiology
and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences;
past President of a regional Society of Nuclear Medicine; and Director
of Continuing Medical Education Department and other elected positions
of the Medical Staff of Good Samaritan Hospital. Dr. Van Nostrand
has published over 50 articles and has been the editor of five medical
books.
Gary Bloom
is a co-founder and the Board Chair of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors'
Association, Inc. <www.thyca.org>. ThyCa is an all-volunteer,
non profit organization of thyroid cancer survivors, family members,
and health care professionals advised by nationally recognized leaders
in the field of thyroid cancer and dedicated to education, communication
and support of thyroid cancer survivors, families and friends. He
also facilitates the Washington, DC, ThyCa Support Group and is Program
Chair for ThyCa's Annual International Conference. Gary Bloom is a
thyroid cancer survivor and is involved in ThyCa and in this book
project as a volunteer.
Leonard Wartofsky,
M.D., is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at
Washington Hospital Center. His specialty is endocrinology, and his
primary area of interest and expertise is thyroid disease in general
and thyroid cancer in particular, for which he is world-renowned.
He has held numerous academic and medical society positions including
Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University; Professor of Medicine,
uniformed Services University of Health Sciences; and past President
of the American Thyroid Association. He also received the Distinguished
Educator Award of The Endocrine Society in 2001. Dr. Wartofksy has
published over 300 articles and is the editor of the medical textbook
entitled Thyroid Cancer; A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management.
Dr. Wartofsky is the 2006-2007 President of the professional association
The Endocrine Society.
Praise
for the Book:
“This
book represents a long awaited and much needed resource for patients.
I will be recommending it to my patients with thyroid cancer.”
----E. Chester Ridgway, M.D., Director of Endocrinology, University
of Colorado, and President, The Endocrine Society
“Patients
and their loved ones will find this an authoritative, up-to-date and
practical guide for overcoming the physical and emotional challenges
posed by thyroid cancer.”
---Paul W. Ladenson, M.D., Professor and Director, Johns Hopkins
Thyroid Tumor Center and President, American Thyroid Association
“The first
definitive reference book exclusively devoted to the thyroid cancer
patient…I wish this book was available when I was first diagnosed—some
of the confusion and frustration when I learned of my cancer would
have been eliminated. Thanks to everyone who helped prepare this book;
now we can more clearly understand our illness and the ways that it
should be treated.”
---Ron Sall, thyroid cancer survivor
“Provides
the patient who wants to be pro-active in treatment decisions with
a comprehensive information source on the treatment and monitoring
of this challenging disease. I found the balanced and moderate way
in which the inevitable controversies in medical care of thyroid cancer
were discussed especially helpful. Written by various experts in the
field as well as survivors themselves, the book covers a wide range
of topics from the special concerns of children and pregnancy after
thyca to the emotional side of living with thyroid cancer. This book
will no doubt serve, for a very long time, as an excellent resource
for those affected by thyroid cancer.”
888Dianne Dodd, Past President, Thry’vors (Canadian Thyroid Cancer
Support Group)
“This
unique book is a must read for patients with thyroid cancer and their
physicians. Today, medicine is driven by technology. The challenge
is to achieve the proper balance of the new technology with traditional
human values. This excellent volume, written by experts in the care
of patients with thyroid cancer, reflects the classic idea that ‘the
care of the patient requires care FOR the patient.’ The expertise
and experience of the authors provide a comprehensive source of knowledge
and data for patients and their caring physicians. It provides advice
from ‘people who have been there and want to help.’ This
unique contribution returns the patient to what should be the central
focus of the practice of medicine—the patient.”
---Henry N. Wagner, M.D., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
