Educational Case: Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
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OBJECTIVE This review outlines advances in the diagnosis, genetic testing, and progress in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) treatment in light of the most recent evidence. METHODS English-language articles pertaining to MTC published up to 2012 were reviewed. The pertinent articles and their references were obtained and those considered relevant were reviewed for inclusion. RESULTS MTC is an ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Pathology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2374-2895,2374-2895
DOI: 10.1177/2374289518770173