Carcinoembryonic antigen should be concurrently checked with calcitonin to identify distant metastases in medullary thyroid cancer

Carcinoembryonic antigen should be concurrently checked with calcitonin to identify distant metastases in medullary thyroid cancer

This study investigates if serum calcitonin or carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels can differentiate between locoregional and metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. A single institution retrospective analysis was performed on 88 patients with medullary thyroid cancer between 2008 and 2014. In M0dise...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of endocrine oncology 2020-03, Vol.7 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Zheng-Pywell, Rui, Cherian, Anish Jacob, Enman, Macie, Chen, Herbert, Abraham, Deepak
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Sprache:eng
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calcitonin
CEA
medullary thyroid cancer
metastases
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigates if serum calcitonin or carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels can differentiate between locoregional and metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. A single institution retrospective analysis was performed on 88 patients with medullary thyroid cancer between 2008 and 2014. In M0disease, calcitonin (p 
ISSN:2045-0869
2045-0877
DOI:10.2217/ije-2019-0016