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- Title
Hereditäres medulläres Schilddrüsenkarzinom.
- Authors
Fendrich, V.; Zahn, A.
- Abstract
Parafollicular C cells progress via C cell hyperplasia to medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), which can be present even in the first years of life in multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A and 2B patients. Basal calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) are useful tumor markers for the diagnosis and monitoring. The prognosis depends on the stage when the disease is diagnosed and there is a good genotype-phenotype correlation with the RET proto-oncogene, which can be used for estimation of the risk. The risk-stratified prophylactic thyroidectomy plays a decisive role in the prognosis of known gene mutation carriers.
- Publication
Chirurgie (2731-6971), 2023, Vol 94, Issue 5, p393
- ISSN
2731-6971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00104-023-01824-x