Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare C-cell calcitonin-producing tumour, representing approximately 5% of all thyroid tumours. It occurs in sporadic and hereditary form. The hereditary form of MTC accounts for 20-25% of cases. Mutation of RET proto-oncogene is well known cause of this entity....

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Published in:Surgical Chronicles
Main Author: 2-s2.0-85016428827
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Surgical Society of Northern Greece 2016
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85016428827&partnerID=40&md5=42d45048590b4007a1cf2525f4a76646

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