Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
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J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol. · Jan 2001
ReviewDiagnosis and therapy of sporadic and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare thyroid malignancy. About 75% are sporadic (sMTC) while the remaining 25% are hereditary (hMTC). The treatment of choice for both sMTC and hMTC is surgery. ⋯ The only indication to perform a less extensive operation may be given in young patients with hMTC. Sufficient treatment of MTC beyond local disease is still non-existent. Future research should concentrate on this issue.