Medullary thyroid carcinoma as part of a multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B syndrome: Influence of the stage on the clinical course

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-50

  Leboulleux, S ^a   Travagli, J P ^a   Caillou, B ^a   Laplanche, A ^a   Bidart, J M ^a   Schlumberger, M ^a   Baudin M d, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B; Prognosis; Stage

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2B; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0036143710     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10205     Document Type: Article

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