## BACKGROUND. All patients with medullary carcinoma of the thyroid (MCT) diag-Ulla Bergholm, M
Surgical management and follow-up of medullary thyroid carcinoma
β Scribed by Luigi A. Marzano; Alberto Porcelli; Bernadette Biondi; Glovanni Lupoli; Paolo Delrio; Gaetano Lombardi; Lucio Zarrilli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 765 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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## Abstract Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare malignancy arising from the parafollicular C cells within the thyroid gland. The majority of cases are sporadic, but at least 30% are hereditary in nature. Inherited forms of MTC occur as familial MTC or as a manifestation of multiple endocrin
## Abstract Nineteen patients who have had medullary carcinomas of the thyroid have been followed up at the Royal Marsden Hospital. All had nodal involvement. Postoperative unprovoked serum calcitonin assays have been performed. Four patients had incomplete excisions of their tumours and these had