Article
[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...
Topics
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Calcitonin
- Carcinoembryonic Antigen
- Carcinoma, Medullary
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunoradiometric Assay
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Thyroglobulin
- Thyroid Neoplasms
- Thyroidectomy
- Time Factors
