Thyroid-Cancer Books

My sister was found to have medullary carcinoma of thyroid. I need to know about prognosis of this type of cancer and what to expect.....Will she die soon?.....Can this type of cancer be cured?

My sister was found to have medullary carcinoma of thyroid. I need to know about prognosis of this type of cancer and what to expect.....Will she die soon?.....Can this type of cancer be cured?

I checked out half a dozen books from the medical library on thyroid cancer, and this is the only one I BOUGHT. Dr. McDougall's writing is clear and very readable (I'm an engineer, not a doctor, by the way). I particularly like his style of showing both sides in areas of controversy, complete with data for both sides as well as giving his own opinion and experiences. Pretty much every aspect of TC is covered, and the chapter on TC in children is particularly good.

This is the only source for complete information on pituitary disease and all the problems it causes people! Buying this book could completely turn around -- or even save your life.

As a RN, Medical Laboratory Technologist and breast cancer survivor, I literally read this volume in one sitting. At times I found it to be a bit technical or maybe it is just that my organic chemistry and cellular biology courses were some 30 years ago. Dr. Derry does specifically state that this is his theory based on his understanding of the current literature. I do agree that most of us are iodine deficient. One thing I have noticed in talking with other breast cancer survivors is that a large majority of us have both breast cancer and hypothyroid. Far too many for it to be statistical coincidence. Of the women I know who have had or have breast cancer at least 50% also carry a diagnosis of hypothyroidism and or fibromyalgia. I also have the fibromyalgia diagnosis and wonder how much of this is actually hypothyroid. I feel strongly enough about Dr. Derry's theory that I have begun taking supplemental iodine. I would recommend this book to anyone who is concerned about either thyroid function or breast cancer.

Breast Cancer and Iodine by David Derry MD PhD, is a unique 100 page volume which presents the academic case for iodine as prevention and treatment of breast cancer. The book should be handed out freely during October Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although written for the lay reader, it should be required reading for all medical students, breast surgeons, mammographers, breast cancer oncologists and any doctor who orders mammograms.

With ten pages of medical references including the work of B A Eskin and W R Ghent, Dr. Derry discloses the remarkable connection between iodine deficiency, fibrocystic breast disease and breast cancer. Iodine's anti-cancer activity lies in its control of apoptosis, or programmed cell death.

Derry presents case studies complete with surgical pathology confirmation showing regression of both fibrocystic breast disease and carcinoma-in-situ breast cancer with iodine treatment. He also presents a case report case of infiltrating breast cancer involving the skin which regressed after prolonged application of topical Lugol's iodine solution.

I can report from the experience of my own family members that iodine supplementation causes regression of fibrocystic breast disease.

Derry's ideas in the book could be easily revised into an NIH grant proposal to research and confirm the role of iodine. To do so would advance the nation's health and be a great public service. Iodine is safe, inexpensive and readily available without a prescription. A US policy of iodine supplementation matching the Japanese dietary intake of iodine could very well be our best preventive measure against breast cancer.

Jeffrey Dach MD

Not at all what I expected. Hard to read and very vague. No real directions and lots of technical bull that left me scratching my head.
I would not recommend it at all. The title is very misleading. It did not present any how to's or instructions like the title implies. A waste of money.

I ordered two copies of this book. If every woman would read it, it would prevent a lot of needless suffering. Men ought to read it too because Dr. Derry tells the symptons of low iodine and low thyroid hormone which most every one has whether they be man or woman. I also recommend Dr. Brownstein's book on Iodine. These two books go hand in hand.

This information about preventing cancer is 100% in-line with my experiences with my patients. I have seen every case of fibrocystic breasts clear up in weeks with iodine. This book provides a lot of original hypothesises about how and why iodine works the way it does. With further research, I think some of them will certainly be verified. Others are good working models for our current understanding.

This is an excellent book full of great information. Very well written.

I highly recommend this book.

This is the most complete and useful book on thyroid disorders. This is the second newer edition of this book I have purchased. I originally purchased it 10 years ago when I had thyroid surgery. It was then, and remains now, very informative and helpful.

The best, most comprehensive book I have seen about this often misunderstood disease.

When I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer [hurthle cell carcinoma] I was looking for a good book to learn more about this condition. This is that book. It is well written, in plain language, and I could understand everything written there. Thanks to Ms. Rosenthal for writing such a fine book. I have referred many of my friends and colleagues who have come to me for advice to this great resource.

After reading this book and comparing it to Dr. Arem's book The Thyroid Solution and another book for Graves Disease called Graves Disease; A Practical Handbook; I found this book to be lacking in how it was presented, ease in understanding and resourcefullness.

I have read this book cover to cover and found it useful and informative. I went through thyroid surgery and it was comforting to read that what I felt and experienced was a normal part of the process and recovery. The book gives enough detail to keep you informed without going into indepth medical detail. It was easy to read and I would highly recommend it to patients and their families.

I found this book to be extremely helpful in understanding all aspects of thyroid cancer. It is well organized and very reader friendly, especially for those of us without a medical background. The best part is that you can use it as a reference guide during all stages of this disease: pre-surgery, during treatment and follow-up.

My wife recently was diagnosed with follicular neoplasm and will be having her surgery on 1/10/2006. I hastily ordered a number of books to get educated, and this is the best I've read.

It contains not only medical/technical treatments of the subject by various experts, but it also contains the experiences of thyroid cancer patients/survivors, which helps me as a caretaker to anticipate potential emotional challenges both my wife & myself will be facing.

I would have given a 5 star rating if pictures/illustrations were provided.

If you were confused by the bombardment of info your endo piled onto you upon your diagnosis, this is the book to sort things out and--most importantly--take the fear of the unkown away.

Information is key, and information in an easily read and understood format is what you get with this book. You don't need to sit down and read it cover to cover, in fact, the book does not recommend that you do that, but it's there to answer specific questions you will have, not just now, but at any time in the years to come.

Someone commented that the book does not addess the fears and concerns of family members. I think it does, since the fears of the patient aren't all that different from those of close family members. At least that has been my experience from now both sides of the fence. And the book lists contact info for support groups both online and in major cities across the country.

If you're reading this review, clearly you're not someone who sticks his or her head in the sand, and that tells me that you will greatly benefit from this book.

This is a great book for anyone going through Thyroid Cancer surgery and treatments. I bought 3 books, one for myself and one each for my parents. My family had a lot of question about the cancer and treatment. When you're post-op and hypothyroid it's difficult to explain over and over what is happening to you. My mother found that the book was very easy for her to understand and it answered her questions regarding the cancer and treatments. I found that it was very useful while going through the surgeries and treatments as a reference book. The book answered a lot of my questions. I learned about the book through the Thyroid Cancer Survivors' website www.ThyCa.org. Using both the book and the website helped me get through it all.

This is the only source for complete information on pituitary disease and all the problems it causes people! Buying this book could completely turn around -- or even save your life.

This book is what helped me to find useful information on what was an illness that wrecked havoc with my life. I appreciated the fact that so much of the content was written as true medical data. Although that is a little more complex to read it also validated the accuracy of the information to my doctors as I tried to use this to further educate them on pituatary conditions.
As a side note, the Pituatary Network Association is constantly striving to improve their contributions to this cause and they released a fourth edition of this book on their website during 2006. Any edition will be useful but getting the 4th edition will provide the most current knowledge base. Their website is extremely valuable but also having a reference book was a must for me.

This book was really helpful in understanding the many aspects of pituitary tumors and disorders. There is something for everyone and the articles are outstanding. Highly recommended.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has been diagnosed with a pituitary tumor. There is SO much excellent and easy to understand information in this book. I've never found another resource that covered so many aspects of being a pituitary patient like me. Great articles, and listings of other resources like doctors that actually KNOW what they are doing. I'm so glad I found this book.

I've had a hard time finding information about my tumor on the internet and in book stores. This book answered many of my questions and helped me realize I need to see a more informed doctor!

This book is essential for those doing thyroid research; however, my book came out with more than 50 blank pages making it difficult to read and follow. Publication quality was very bad.

I have recently started treating thyroid patients and have found this book to be a fantastic resource. It is well organized and gives straight forward guidelines for the practicing physician to manage these patients. This book is really the only resource you will need to treat this complex patient population.

As a thyroid cancer patient, on a mission to educate myself, I find this book extremely helpful. Many doctors do not hesitate to tell their thyroid cancer patients that thyroid cancer is "the best cancer to have." I hear what the doctors are saying, but with this book I learn how to respect thyroid cancer. It can help to empower me to better take care of myself, and give me further understanding into my own treatment.

The best purchase I have made in relation to my illness. Anyone with a thyroid problem or cancer MUST read this book. Informative and very well explained. Its a must have! I refer to it constantly!

This is a great overview for someone who has been recently diag. with Thyroid Cancer, however it is not overly indepth.

I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2005. I bought this book almost immediately afterwards. I only had a small tumor, so this was a little bit of overkill for me, but it convinced me to have surgery so I didn't get any farther along. There isn't much out there when it comes to thyroid cancer. When I bought this book, it was the only one I could find. I would definitely recommend it if you or a family member has been diagnosed.

Because of my illness I haven't been able to absorb or read to many books in years. I couldn't put it down. I read the entire book and felt alot better. This book points out how many people there truly are with thyroid problems. I have thryoid cancer and should have received better support in general & advice from the medical profession. This book gives me the will to do what I want about my own health. Thank you

The book is very out of date and not organized well at all. It does not answer more than 50% of the questions I had regarding this disease.
At 186 pages (at least 1/3 was filler regarding general issues on healing and disease. . . something I could get from almost any web site on serious illness), this book is certainly not worth the expensive price. I would not recommend it at all. Visit the web sites specifically for thyroid cancer and you can educate yourself much more
thoroughly than by buying this book.

I was very disappointed after buying this book. Not to mention this book cost me nearly 200 U. S. dollars. Anyway, money is not the matter. If after reading this book it really helps me to manage Thyroid Cancer patient better, even two thousand dollars are worth of that. The problem is that the title is totally mis-leading. Howe can it be called a comprehensive textbook on treating Thyroid Cancer?? For a comprehensive book, like DeVita's Cancer, princple and practice of oncology, Harrison's textbook on Internal Medicine, or Henry Kaplan's Hodgkin's Lymphoma these are the true all time classics or what we call " bible " on these subjects. Concerning this book, I think a chapter on thyroid cancer from any standard textbook of cancer covers as much, if not more than it. Just take one example, it did not mention a single word on how to treat patient with recurrence in neck node or at least give us a guidline for that. All other related topics are very briefly given and some are not touched at all. I hope Mazzaferri's textbook or other larger textbook on thyroid cancer can actully do the job it should be. A real " comprehensive "textbook for reference for the managment of CA Thyroid.