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Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Age-Appropriate Thyroidectomy Improves Disease-Free Survival

BACKGROUND: Twenty-five percent of Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC) cases are hereditary. The ideal age for prophylactic thyroidectomy is based upon the specific RET mutation involved. The aim of this study is to determine if such age-appropriate prophylactic thyroidectomy results in improved disease-...

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Main Authors: Shepet, Kevin, Alhefdhi, Amal, Lai, Ngan, Mazeh, Haggi, Sippel, Rebecca, Chen, Herbert
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586982/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23188542
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1245/s10434-012-2757-9
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