Hypercalcitoninemia is not pathognomonic of medullary thyroid carcinoma

Hypercalcitoninemia is not pathognomonic of medullary thyroid carcinoma

Hypercalcitoninemia has frequently been reported as a marker for medullary thyroid carcinoma. Currently, calcitonin measurements are mostly useful in the evaluation of tumor size and progression, and as an index of biochemical improvement of medullary thyroid carcinomas. Although measurement of calc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sergio PA Toledo, Delmar M Lourenço Jr, Marcelo Augusto Santos, Marcos R Tavares, Rodrigo A Toledo, Joya Emilie de Menezes Correia-Deur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2009-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Calcitonin
False-positive test
RET mutation
Total thyroidectomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322009000700015

Internet

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322009000700015

Similar Items