Recent Updates on the Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor derived from the thyroid C cells producing calcitonin. MTC accounts for 0.6% of all thyroid cancers and incidence of MTC increased steadily between 1997 and 2011 in Korea. It occurs either sporadically or in a hereditary form based on...

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Main Authors: Bo Hyun Kim, In Joo Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academya Publishing Co. 2016-09-01
Series:Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://e-enm.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2008ENM/enm-31-392.pdf