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Prognostic markers and response to vandetanib therapy in sporadic medullary thyroid cancer patients.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Sept 2016
Tiedje Vera, Ting Saskia, Walter Robert Fred, Herold Thomas, Worm Karl, Badziong Julia, Zwanziger Denise, Schmid Kurt Werner, Führer Dagmar
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) occurs sporadically in 75% of patients. Metastatic disease is associated with significantly poorer survival. The aim of this study was to identify prognostic markers for progressive MTC and oncogenic factors associated with response to vandetanib therapy. DESIGN AND METHODS: Clinical courses of 32 patients with sporadic MTC (n=10 pN0cM0, n=8 pN1cM0, n=14 pN1cM1) were...
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