Published 1999
| Version v1
Book
Investigative procedures in thyroid cancer
Creators
- 1. Bio-Medical Group, Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Memorial Hospital Annexe, Parel, Mumbai (India)
Description
One of the main objectives of the procedures is to establish the likelihood of malignancy in the thyroid gland prior to surgery and detect metastases after surgery. Thyroid imaging is discussed in the context of (a) its role in the diagnosis of the primary disease (b) in the investigation of post-operative residual disease and (c) its role in the follow-up of patients after radioiodine therapy
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Radiation Medicine Centre
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- ISBN
- 81-87099-05-4
- Imprint Title
- Thyroid cancer: an Indian perspective
- Imprint Pagination
- 652 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 91-104
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 31003948
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; CAT SCANNING; DIAGNOSIS; IODINE 123; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; METASTASES; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POST-IRRADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNETIUM 99; THYROID
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 50 refs., 1 fig., 3 tabs.