Identification of occult metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma by pentagastrin-stimulated intravenous calcitonin sampling followed by targeted surgery

BACKGROUND: High calcitonin (CT) serum levels suggest metastatic spread in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) after thyroidectomy. In limited disease stages, however, morphological investigations including ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 18F-FDG positron emission tomography ([18F]FDG...

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Autores principales: Schott, Matthias, Willenberg, Holger S, Sagert, Cornelia, Nguyen, Thi-Bang-Tam, Schinner, Sven, Cohnen, Mathias, Cupisti, Kenko, Eisenberger, Claus F, Knoefel, Wolfram T, Scherbaum, Werner A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1859979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17302876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02747.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1859979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17302876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02747.x

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