A pioneering RET genetic screening study in the State of Ceará, Brazil, evaluating patients with medullary thyroid cancer and at-risk relatives: experience with 247 individuals

OBJECTIVE: Initial diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is frequently associated with advanced stages and a poor prognosis. Thus, the need for earlier diagnoses and detection in relatives at risk for the disease has led to increased use of RET genetic screening. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We pe...

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Autores principales: Martins-Costa, Maria Cecília, Lindsey, Susan C., Cunha, Lucas L., Carreiro-Filho, Fernando Porto, Cortez, André P., Holanda, Marcelo E., de Farias, J. Wilson M., Lima, Sérgio B., Ferreira, Luís A. Albano, Maia, Pedro Collares, Camacho, Cléber P., Furuzawa, Gilberto K., Kunii, Ilda S., Dias-da-Silva, Magnus R., Martins, João R. M., Maciel, Rui M. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10118677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30624503
http://dx.doi.org/10.20945/2359-3997000000088

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