Prophylactic and Early Thyroidectomy in <i>RET</i> Germline Mutation Carriers in Pediatric and Adult Population: Long-Term Outcomes of a Series of 63 Patients

Prophylactic and Early Thyroidectomy in <i>RET</i> Germline Mutation Carriers in Pediatric and Adult Population: Long-Term Outcomes of a Series of 63 Patients

Prophylactic and early thyroidectomy in <i>RET</i> germline mutation carriers allows the removal of the thyroid before medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) develops, or while it is still confined to the gland. This study was aimed to assess the clinicopathological features in <i>RET&l...

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Main Authors: Francesca Torresan, Simona Censi, Gianmaria Pennelli, Francesca Galuppini, Caterina Mian, Maurizio Iacobone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
pediatric population
adult population
hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma
C-cells hyperplasia
prophylactic thyroidectomy
<i>RET</i> mutations
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/24/6226

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