A Review of the Significance in Measuring Preoperative and Postoperative Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Values in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC)
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) accounts for 1–2% of all thyroid malignancies, and it originates from parafollicular “C” cells. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a tumor marker, mainly for gastrointestinal malignancies. There are references in literatu...
Main Authors: | Ioannis Passos, Elisavet Stefanidou, Soultana Meditskou-Eythymiadou, Maria Mironidou-Tzouveleki, Vasiliki Manaki, Vasiliki Magra, Styliani Laskou, Stylianos Mantalovas, Stelian Pantea, Isaak Kesisoglou, Konstantinos Sapalidis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Medicina |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/6/609 |
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