Meet the editor

Dr. Omer Engin in an associate professor of general surgery at Health Sciences University, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Surgery Department, Turkey. He has published a number of international articles, chapters, and congress papers, and has served as book editor for international published books and as an organizing committee member in a number of international conferences. He is an organization scientific committee member

in the International Medical Society Scientific Committee and Athens Institute for Education and Research. He serves as an editorial board member and as a reviewer for many international medical and surgical scientific journals. His specializations are: endocrine surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, bariatric surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, and oncologic surgery.

Contents

*by Omer Engin*

Thyroid Anatomy

Thyroid Cancers

An Intriguing Correlation

Thyroid Cancer and Acromegaly

Correlations in Thyroid Carcinogenesis

*and Manuel dos Santos Faria*

*and Khurshid I. Andrabi*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 5**

**Chapter 3 17**

**Chapter 4 37**

**Chapter 5 59**

**Chapter 6 69**

**Chapter 7 83**

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Intertwined with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis:

Introductory Chapter: Knowledges on Thyroid Cancer

Advanced Ultrasound Techniques in Preoperative Diagnostic of

*by Andreea Borlea, Laura Cotoi, Ioana Mozos and Dana Stoian*

*by Sinan Binboga, Eyup Gemici and Elif Binboga*

*by Maria V. Deligiorgi and Dimitrios T. Trafalis*

*by Carla Souza Pereira Sobral, Marcelo Magalhães* 

Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Thyroid Surgery

*by Fabio Medas, Gian Luigi Canu, Enrico Erdas and Pietro Giorgio*

Genetic Alterations of RET: Possible Implications and Clinical

*by Syed Mudassar, Mosin S. Khan, Shariq R. Masoodi, Mahboob Ul Hussain* 

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Preface

Thyroid cancer is being increasingly diagnosed nowadays. This situation has attracted the attention of scientists and physicians alike. This updated book deals with various aspects of thyroid cancer and has been written by various international

authors who have devoted many long and meticulous hours to the subject.

**Omer Engin**

Turkey

Izmir Tepecik Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi,
