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Medullary thyroid microcarcinoma recommendations for treatment - a single-center experience.
Surgery - 1 Dec 2007
Scheuba Christian, Kaserer Klaus, Bieglmayer Christian, Asari Reza, Riss Phillip, Drosten Ralph, Niederle Bruno
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BACKGROUND: Conflicting recommendations exist regarding lymph node (LN) surgery in microMTC (<or=10mm). This study aims to correlate biochemical and pathohistological findings in an attempt to define the characteristics of microMTC, thus allowing recommendations for LN surgery. METHODS: Patients with elevated basal (bCT:>or=10pg/ml) and pentagastrin-stimulated calcitonin levels (sCT:>100pg/ml) were selected for...
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