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Measurement of calcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide mRNA refines the management of patients with medullary thyroid cancer and may replace calcitonin-stimulation tests.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Mar 2013
Camacho Cléber P, Lindsey Susan C, Melo Maria Clara C, Yang Ji H, Germano-Neto Fausto, Valente Flávia de O F, Lima Thiago R N, Biscolla Rosa Paula M, Vieira José G H, Cerutti Janete M, Dias-da-Silva Magnus R, Maciel Rui M B
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BACKGROUND: Serum calcitonin (sCT) is the main tumor marker for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), but it has certain limitations. Various sCT assays may have important intra-assay or interassay variation and may yield different and sometimes conflicting results. A pentagastrin- or calcium-stimulati...
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