Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases

Abstract

Prof Ward published 109 articles in peer reviewed international medical journals, 91 included in the ISI database where they are quoted more than 800 times. She already was the editor of one book on thyroid diseases and helped editing three other books, wrote 40 books chapters and has participated with more than 200 presentations in both Brazilian and international congresses. In addition, teaching and supervising medical and research students represents an important aspect of her academic activities having supervised the accomplishment of 10 PhD`s and 21 Masters from UNICAMP. In the year 2011, Prof Ward was awarded the Latin American Thyroid Association prize. X PrefaceFinally, the third section, Treatment of Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseases, is designed mostly to the young practitioner. In fact, the field of thyroid and parathyroid surgery as well as thyroid diseases treatment modalities have undergone rapid change in the past few years with the advent of new techniques and the appearing of new basic and clinical evidences. Also, we need to understand how hormone analogs may affect our glands and a hole chapter is devoted to this subject.The burden of thyroid and parathyroid diseases continue to increase and a better knowledge of these pathologies molecular, epidemiological and clinical behavior is essential in order to better manage our patients.Thyroid and Parathyroid diseases aims to provide meaningful information to the practitioner through the eyes of though leaders in the discipline who have contributed their time and expertise to this effort. It is not a comprehensive textbook but rater a carefully chosen collection of very important topics written and illustrated in a form that hopefully will please all, the clinicians, the surgeons, the pathologists, the radiologists and all the fans of the head and neck diseases.Hope you enjoy it!