One of the main reasons for publishing this second edition of T- roid Cancer is the fact that the first edition has sold out. Furth- more, during the 4 years following the publication of the first edition in 2001, some progress, mainly in the basic sciences (molecular biology), has been made. The most prominent change in the clinical sciences has been the new classification of thyroid cancer, especially with relation to T1 T3 tumors. Now, tumors with a diameter of up to 2 cm are still classified T1. This new UICC classification (6th edition) follows the classification of the American Society...

Das Buch gibt einen Uberblick uber die physiologischen und pathophysiologischen Grundlagen der diagnostisch genutzten Radioaktivitatsanreicherungen in den einzelnen Organen. Behandelt werden Perfusion, organspezifischer Metabolismus, Inhalation, selektive Organteilfunktion, Motilitat, Rezeptoren, Ionentrapping, Glukosestoffwechsel sowie Messung des Blutvolumens, des O2-Metabolismus und der Resorption. In einem weiteren Grundlagenkapitel werden kurz die gebrauchlichen Szintigraphiemodalitaten inkl. SPECT und PET abgehandelt. Anschliessend werden die wichtigsten diagnostischen Verfahren bei den...

One of the main reasons for publishing this second edition of T- roid Cancer is the fact that the first edition has sold out. Furth- more, during the 4 years following the publication of the first edition in 2001, some progress, mainly in the basic sciences (molecular biology), has been made. The most prominent change in the clinical sciences has been the new classification of thyroid cancer, especially with relation to T1 T3 tumors. Now, tumors with a diameter of up to 2 cm are still classified T1. This new UICC classification (6th edition) follows the classification of the American Society...