Thyroid Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Braunstein, Glenn D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Endocrine Updates, 32
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

The American Cancer Society recently estimated that about 45,000 new cases of thyroid cancer will be diagnosed in the United States, with three-quarters occurring in women.  The overall 5-year survival rate is about 97%, making it one of the least lethal cancers.  We are experiencing an epidemic of...