Medullary thyroid cancer: molecular biology and novel molecular therapies.
Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) arises from neural-crest-derived parafollicular C cells of the thyroid gland and accounts for approximately 4% of all thyroid cancers. Up to 25-30% of MTC cases occur as inherited disorders while the remaining cases represent the sporadic form of the disease. In this r...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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