Results of surgical treatment of sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma following routine measurement of serum calcitonin
| Autor: | Maurizio Iacobone, Jf Henry, Eric Mirallié, Frederic Sebag |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Calcitonin Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent endocrine system diseases Medullary cavity medicine.medical_treatment Sensitivity and Specificity Gastroenterology Medical Records Thyroid carcinoma Predictive Value of Tests Internal medicine Biomarkers Tumor medicine Humans Thyroid Neoplasms Lymph node Aged Neoplasm Staging Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Calcitonin Measurement business.industry Thyroid General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Pentagastrin Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Carcinoma Medullary Female Lymphadenectomy business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Surgical Oncology (EJSO). 30:790-795 |
| ISSN: | 0748-7983 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejso.2004.05.016 |
| Popis: | Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of the surgical management of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), following the introduction of systematic calcitonin measurement in patients referred for thyroid diseases. Method. We included all the patients with elevated calcitonin and MTC from January 1993 to March 2001. Results. Among 8497 patients, MTC was diagnosed in 52 with a mean age of 56.1 years. Thirty-two fine needle biopsies led to diagnose MTC in 19 cases. The median basal pre-operative calcitonin level was 245pg/ml. Elevated calcitonin serum was the only indicator of MTC in 31 patients. Fifty-one patients underwent total thyroidectomies, with lymphadenectomy in 45. Thirteen patients had lymph node involvement. Post-operatively, 40 (77%) had normal basal and pentagastrin (Pg) stimulated calcitonin serum levels, and remained normal at a mean follow-up of 5.16 years (1.8–8). Conclusion. Routine pre-operative measurement of calcitonin should be performed because it is often the only indicator of MTC at an early stage. This could lead to an improved MTC cure rate. |
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