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Development of medullary thyroid carcinoma in transgenic mice expressing the <i>RET</i> protooncogene altered by a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A mutation
1 Apr 1997
Abstract excerpt
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is a dominantly inherited cancer syndrome that comprises three clinical subtypes: MEN type 2A (MEN-2A), MEN type 2B (MEN-2B), and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC). Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), a malignant tumor arising from calcitonin-secreting thyroid C cells, is the cardinal disease feature of this syndrome, and mortality in affected MEN-2 patients is...
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