Current approaches to medullary thyroid carcinoma, sporadic and familial.

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare malignancy of the thyroid C cells. It occurs in hereditary (25% of cases) and sporadic forms, and aggressiveness is related to the clinical presentation (hereditary vs. sporadic) and the type of RET mutation present. In hereditary cases, early diagnosis makes preventative surgery possible. In established cases, thorough surgical extirpation of the primary tumor and...

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