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Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine-related Tumors

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Editors:
  1. Richard J. Santen

    1. Division of Endocrinology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, USA

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  2. Andrea Manni

    1. Division of Endocrinology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, USA

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Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 20)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Approach to the pituitary tumor: anatomic, diagnostic and surgical considerations

    • Robert B. Page, Richard J. Santen
    Pages 1-44

  3. Acromegaly

    • Baha’Uddin M. Arafah, Jerald S. Brodkey, Olof H. Pearson
    Pages 45-61

  4. Prolactin secreting pituitary adenomas in women

    • Baha’Uddin M. Arafah, Jerald S. Brodkey, Olof H. Pearson
    Pages 63-79

  5. Anterior-pituitary function before and after transsphenoidal microsurgery for pituitary tumors

    • Andrea Manni, Baha’Uddin M. Arafah, Jerald S. Brodkey, Olof H. Pearson
    Pages 81-93

  6. Medical treatment of thyroid carcinoma

    • William H. Beierwaltes
    Pages 95-121

  7. The impact of needle biopsy on the diagnosis of the thyroid nodule

    • Joel I. Hamburger, J. Martin Miller, Sudha R. Kini
    Pages 123-149

  8. Endocrine neoplasms: carcinomas of the thyroid

    • Timothy S. Harrison
    Pages 151-164

  9. Primary hyperparathyroidism: pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and management

    • Justin Silver, Louis M. Sherwood
    Pages 165-186

  10. Surgery of the parathyroid glands

    • Edwin L. Kaplan, Allan Fredland
    Pages 187-218

  11. Adrenocortical tumors

    • O. Peter Schumacher
    Pages 219-234

  12. Diagnosis and treatment of ‘insulinoma’

    • Stefan S. Fajans, Aaron I. Vinik
    Pages 235-304

  13. Endocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic axis

    • Aaron I. Vinik, William E. Strodel, Thomas M. O’Dorisio
    Pages 305-345

  14. The diagnosis and treatment of gastrinoma and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

    • Denis M. McCarthy
    Pages 347-382

  15. The syndrome of multiple endocrine neoplasia type I

    • J. D. Veldhuis
    Pages 383-408

  16. Endocrine neoplasms: pheochromocytoma

    • Timothy S. Harrison
    Pages 409-418

  17. Controversies in the treatment of endocrine tumors: medical and surgical management of prolactinomas, acromegaly and thyroid cancer

    • Richard J. Santen, Andrea Manni
    Pages 419-437

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 439-456
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About this book

Patients with a variety of tumors present to the physician because of clinical manifestations of hormones secreted in excess. This phenomenon attracted the investigative interest of such pioneers as Harvey Cushing who recognized that pituitary tumors may cause acromegaly and Charles Mayo who associated hyper­ tension with adrenal medullary neoplasms. Current int~rest in endocrine-related tumors has intensified because of the explosive development of newer methodol­ ogy for their study. Specific measurements of secretory products, hybridization assays to identify products of genomic translation and quantitative assessment of tissue hormone receptors have provided means of characterizing and precisely following patients with endocrine-related tumors. Treatments based upon these advances are rapidly proliferating. The current volume attempts to synthesize much of this recent information with the goal of providing a sound basis for making clinical judgements regarding diagnosis and management. Tumors of endocrine glandular tissues commonly confront practicing physi­ cians with difficult management problems. Several unique features of these tumors necessitate collaboration among various specialty disciplines in order to resolve these problems and to provide a high level of clinical care. For example, endocrine neoplasms secrete active hormones or hormone precursors which produce clinical manifestations most familiar to endocrinologists. Certain thera­ pies such as radioactive iodine for thyroid cancer take advantage of the hormone­ responsiveness of these tumors to facilitate treatment. These aspects require individuals trained in endocrinology to implement complex diagnostic and thera­ peutic maneuvers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Endocrinology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, USA

    Richard J. Santen, Andrea Manni

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine-related Tumors

  • Editors: Richard J. Santen, Andrea Manni

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2849-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Boston 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-636-3Published: 30 September 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9798-7Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2849-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 456

  • Topics: Oncology

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