Medical Management of Thyroid Disease

For general practitioners and endocrinologists, the new Second Edition of this bestselling book offers the most up-to-date and practical guidance to diagnose and manage common and uncommon thyroid diseases.

New to the Second Edition:

• information on thyroid neoplasia, leading to new effective treatments of advanced thyroid cancer
• the latest VEGF-inhibiting drugs, opening avenues of targeted therapy not previously available
• new research on thyroid physiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics

The new edition is fully evidence-based and updated to include the most current treatment and latest findings:

• the screening and case finding for thyroid disease
• the use of calcitonin in the diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer
• the diagnosis and management of subclinical hyperthyroidism (mild hyperthyroidism)
• thyroid disease related to interferon therapy and amiodarone therapy

DAVID S. COOPER is Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Physician and Director, the Thyroid Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Cooper received his M.D. from Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a member of the Endocrine Society and is a past president of the American Thyroid Association. Dr. Cooper is currently Deputy Editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology, Up-to-Date, and Contributing Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Dr. Cooper was also the editor of the first edition of Informa Healthcare’s Medical Management of Thyroid Disease.