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Introduction Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) accounts for about 2% of all thyroid cancers. About 20–25% of MTC cases are hereditary, caused by a mutation in the RET proto-oncogene. However, in most cases, MTC is sporadic with no underlying
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metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. Case report/case presentation A woman, born in 1956, was diagnosed with sporadic MTC in 2005, for which she underwent complete thyroidectomy with bilateral central compartment and lateral compartment neck
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Oncology 2010 22 475 – 485 . ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2010.05.002 ) 3 Viola D Elisei R . Management of medullary thyroid cancer . Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America 2019 48 285 – 301 . ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecl.2018
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.1016/S2213-8587(2100120-0 ) 7 Hedayati M Zarif Yeganeh M Sheikholeslami S Afsari F . Diversity of mutations in the RET proto-oncogene and its oncogenic mechanism in medullary thyroid cancer . Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences
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Introduction Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a malignant tumor arising from the thyroid parafollicular C cells. It is considered a rare neoplasm since it accounts for just 1–2% of all thyroid cancers [ 1 , 2 ]. Prognosis depends on disease
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Introduction The European Thyroid Association (ETA) launched a taskforce, chaired by Martin Schlumberger, to create guidelines on the treatment of metastatic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) [ 1 ]. The decision to create a focused guideline
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Calcitonin, the Marker of Medullary Thyroid Cancer Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) can be a very aggressive tumor. Significant differences in survival have been reported according to the stage of the tumor at the time of diagnosis, the survival
Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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drugs. Introduction Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been approved as an important therapeutic option for the treatment of progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) and radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer
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What Is Known about This Topic? • The pathogenic effect of the p.Val804Met missense mutation of the RET proto-oncogene is well described in familial medullary thyroid cancer. In contrast, the clinical significance of the novel missense
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have high cause-specific survival rates that, on average, exceed 95% [ 2 ]. Yet, there is subset of differentiated thyroid cancers (DTCs) that do not respond to traditional therapies and have worse outcomes. Furthermore, medullary thyroid cancers (MTCs