Edited by Leonard Wartofsky. 515 pp., illustrated. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 2000. $175. ISBN 0-896-03429-1.
Thyroid cancer, an uncommon disease, accounts for only about1 percent of new cancers diagnosed each year. In contrast, benignthyroid nodules are common, with 5 to 10 percent of women havingone or more palpable lumps in the thyroid. The challenge facingthe clinician is therefore to distinguish the small proportionof patients with thyroid cancer from the larger number withbenign, nodular enlargement of the gland. Opinions differ widelyas to how best (and most cost effectively) to examine patientswith thyroid enlargement in whom the diagnosis of thyroid canceris a possibility. Once the diagnosis of thyroid . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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