Pediatric Ethics Guidelines for Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Cancer
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Pediatric Ethics Guidelines for Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Hereditary medullary thyroid cancer is an aggressive cancer for which there is no standard effective systemic therapy, but which can be prevented through genetic screening and prophylactic thyroidectomy. Although this cancer accounts for roughly 17% of all pediatric thyroid cancers, a significant percentage of affected families do not "accept" screening, while many gene carriers delay or refuse...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1687-9856
DOI: 10.1155/2011/847603