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Twenty years of lesson learning: how does the <i><scp>RET</scp></i> genetic screening test impact the clinical management of medullary thyroid cancer?
2 Dec 2014
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OBJECTIVE: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare disease that can be inherited or sporadic; its pathogenesis is related to activating mutations in the RET gene. DESIGN: This study describes our 20-year experience regarding RET genetic screening in MTC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed RET genetic screening in 1556 subjects, 1007 with an apparently sporadic MTC, 95 with a familial form and 454 relatives of...
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