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Review
. 2006 Mar-Apr;101(2):121-6.

Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects in medullary thyroid carcinoma

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  • PMID: 16752676
Review

Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects in medullary thyroid carcinoma

M Safioleas et al. Chirurgia (Bucur). 2006 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare and particularly aggressive type of thyroid cancer with several distinctive features that distinguish its management from other thyroid cancers. Since MTC was first recognised as a distinct tumour in 1959, it became clear that MTC is more difficult to cure than differentiated thyroid cancer and has higher rates of recurrence and mortality, but it is usually a slow growing tumor compared with other malignancies. In addition, unlike differentiated thyroid cancer, there is no known effective systemic therapy for MTC.

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