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[Role of markers in the diagnosis and follow-up of thyroid carcinomas].
Chirurgia italiana - 1 Jan 1994
Carmignani F, Piscopello L, Sammartini C
Abstract excerpt
Serum thyroglobulin measurement is specified for, the follow-up of patients with treated differentiated thyroid cancer. The thyroglobulin measurement is not good as a screening test of thyroid carcinoma. Serum calcitonin is considered a specific, reliable, easily measurable and repeatable marker of medullary carcinoma, both sporadic and hereditary. This measurement can be used for the follow-up of already...
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