Medullary thyroid carcinoma – Adverse events during systemic treatment: risk-benefit ratio
ABSTRACT Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor originating from parafollicular C cells of the thyroid and associated with mutations in the proto-oncogene REarranged during Transfection (RET). The prognosis of MTC depends on clinical stage, with a 95.6% 10-year survival rat...
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Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2017-06-01
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Series: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972017000400398&lng=en&tlng=en |