Medullary thyroid carcinoma: recent advances and management update.

doi:10.1089/thy.1995.5.407

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: recent advances and management update.

Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Oct 1995

Marsh D J, Learoyd D L, Robinson B G

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a malignancy of the thyroid C-cells that comprises 5-10% of all thyroid cancers. MTC occurs in both sporadic and familial forms, the latter making up 25% of all MTCs and being comprised of three distinct syndromes--multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A)...

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Animals
Carcinoma, Medullary
Drosophila Proteins
Humans
Mutation
Pedigree
Prognosis
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Thyroid Neoplasms

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