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Long-term outcome in 46 gene carriers of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma after prophylactic thyroidectomy: impact of individual RET genotype.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Aug 2006
Frank-Raue K, Buhr H, Dralle H, Klar E, Senninger N, Weber T, Rondot S, Höppner W, Raue F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In children with RET proto-oncogene mutation, curative treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is possible by prophylactic thyroidectomy. Recommendations on the timing and extent of thyroidectomy are based upon a model that utilises genotype-phenotype correlations to stratify mutations into three risk groups. DESIGN: We evaluated the long-term outcome (mean follow-up 6.4 years, 15 patients more...
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