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MON-450 Prophylactic Thyroidectomy in a Patient with Codon 891 Mutation of the RET Proto-Oncogene

Background: Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumor of the parafollicular or C cells of the thyroid gland, accounting for 1-2% of thyroid cancers in the United States. About 25% MTCs are familial as a part of the MEN2 syndrome or familial MTC (FMTC). Germline mutations in codon 891...

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Autores principales: Swami, Janya, Howell, Nicole R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7208979/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.864