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The genetic basis of hereditary medullary thyroid cancer: clinical implications for the surgeon, with a particular emphasis on the role of prophylactic thyroidectomy.

Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Dec 2008

Sakorafas George H, Friess Helmut, Peros George

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Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) may occur either sporadically or on a hereditary basis. Hereditary MTC may be observed with either multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes (MEN 2A and MEN 2B) or as familial MTC (FMTC). Despite the rarity of these syndromes, early diagnosis is especially important, s...

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PMID: 19015274
DOI: 10.1677/ERC-08-0098

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