Thyroid Cancer A Guide for Patients Author:Douglas Van Nostrand, MD, FACP, FACNM, Leonard Wartofsky, MPH, MACP, Gary Bloom, Kanchan Kulkarni, MBBA The objectives of this book are two fold: (1) to offer an understandable source of information to educate the patient who has thyroid cancer as well as the patient's family members and friends, and (2) to improve not only the patient's quality of medical care but also the patient's support from family and friends.