Article
[Early therapeutic management of patients genetically predisposed to medullary thyroid cancer].
Annales de chirurgie - 1 Jan 1998
Murat A, Modigliani E, Conte-Devolx B, Rohmer V, Leclerc L, Guilhem I, Bigorgne J C, Boneu A, Maes B, Chabre O, Niccoli P, Schuffenecker I, Giraud S
Abstract excerpt
STUDY: The aim of our study was to study therapeutic results after thyroidectomy in patients positive for predictive genetic analysis and with preoperative calcitonin (CT) response to pentagastlin (Pg) < 150 pg/ml. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 36 patients (13 F, 23 M) were selected: 13 F-MTC from 8 fami...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Calcitonin
- Carcinoma, Medullary
- Causality
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Lymph Node Excision