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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: long-term outcomes of surgical treatment.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 Jan 2011
Abraham Deepak T, Low Tsu-Hui, Messina Marinella, Jackson Nicole, Gill Anthony, Chou Angela S, Delbridge Leigh, Learoyd Diana, Robinson Bruce G, Sidhu Stan, Sywak Mark
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BACKGROUND: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) accounts for 5 to 10% of all thyroid cancers but is responsible for a disproportionate number of deaths. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review to describe clinical outcomes in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma, screening a subset of patients for somatic mutations in the RET and p18 genes and performing genotype-phenotype correlation in a tertiary-care...
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