Can Calcitonin Levels Guide Prophylactic Neck Dissection in Sporadic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma?

Han, Ethan J; Bommakanti, Krishna K; St John, Maie A

Han, Ethan J; Bommakanti, Krishna K; St John, Maie A.

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Han EJ; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Bommakanti KK; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
St John MA; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Laryngoscope ; 2024 May 21.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38771083

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) comprises less than 5% of thyroid cancers but is responsible for over 10% of deaths related to thyroid cancer. Regional lymph node metastasis is common and associated with mortality, thus total thyroidectomy with central compartment lymph node dissection is the standard surgical treatment for MTC. In this best practice submission, we aim to review the existing literature and determine whether calcitonin levels can serve as a reliable method for risk-stratifying MTC without overt lymph node involvement.

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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Laryngoscope Assunto da revista: OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

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