Epidemiology of Endocrine Tumors

Dr. Moini was assistant professor at Tehran University, Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, for nine years. For 15 years, he was the Director of Science and Health for Everest University in Melbourne FL. He was also a Professor of Science and Health at Everest for a total of 24 years. For 6 years, until his retirement, he was a Professor of Science and Health at Eastern Florida State College. Dr. Moini has been actively teaching for 39 years, and for 23 years, has been an international author of 56 books (including 11 books for Elsevier). Dr. Craig Badolato is an oncologist at Cancer Care Centers of Brevard in Melbourne, FL, a premier comprehensive cancer center that offers leading-edge cancer care from diagnosis through treatment and into recovery. Dr. Badolato went to medical school at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA, and is board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine. His special interests are adult hematology and oncology. Dr. Ahangari is an Associate Professor in the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences (BSBS) at the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine, teaching Human Physiology, Clinical Embryology and Clinical Endocrinology at undergraduate and graduate levels. She received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Carol Davila Medical University, Bucharest, Romania and completed her graduate neuroscience courses in the department of Cell Biology and Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Salamanca. She received an Assistant Professor position in Anatomy at Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands-Antilles in 2003. She joined the BSBS and Dr. H. Daniel’s lab in 2005, looking for the therapeutic effects of oral delivery of pro-insulin conjugated to cholera toxin-B subunit produced in tobacco and lettuce fed to diabetic mice (2005-2006). Dr. Ahangari is a graduate faculty scholar and she has directed several master capstone projects, undergraduate honors in major and independent studies in endocrine and metabolic disorders.

• Part I: Introduction and the Cancer Problem1. Endocrine Glands2. Biology of Cancer3. Immunology4. The Epidemic and Prevalence of Endocrine Tumors5. Cancer Prevention6. Diagnostic EvaluationPart II: Specific Endocrine Tumors7. Hypothalamic Tumors8. Pituitary Tumors9. Pineal Tumors10. Thyroid Tumors11. Parathyroid Tumors12. Thymus Tumors13. Adrenal Cortex Tumors14. Adrenal Medulla Tumors15. Pancreatic Tumors16. Inherited Tumor Syndromes17. Ovarian Tumors18. Testicular TumorsPart III: Treatment of Endocrine Tumors19. Surgical Oncology20. Radiation Therapy21. Chemotherapy22. Immunotherapy23. Gene Therapy

"This book gives an excellent, complete review of the tumors of the endocrine system. It is the first of its kind to focus solely and specifically on this topic." --© Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Garnet Meier Surrey, MD, reviewer, expert opinion