Is thyroidectomy necessary in RET mutations carriers of the familial medullary thyroid carcinoma syndrome?

Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 863-867

  Hansen, Hanne Sand ^a   Tørring, Helle ^a   Godballe, Christian ^b   Jäger, Anne Charlotte ^a   Nielsen, Finn Cilius ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC); Prophylactic operation; RET gene carrier; RET protooncogene test; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0034663197     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000815)89:4<863::AID-CNCR19>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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