Article
[Medullary thyroid carcinoma in children].
Bulletin du cancer - 1 Jan 2013
Berdelou Amandine, Hartl Dana, Al Ghuzlan Abir, Mirghani Haïtham, Chougnet Cécile, Baudin Eric, Schlumberger Martin, Leboulleux Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is rare in children. MTC is almost always inherited and occurs as part of a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A and B, due to germline mutation in the RET proto-oncogene. MTC in the pediatric population is most often diagnosed in the course of a familial genetic...
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