Ultrasonography should not guide the timing of thyroidectomy in pediatric patients diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome 2A through genetic screening.

Morris, Lilah F; Waguespack, Steven G; Edeiken-Monroe, Beth S; Lee, Jeff E; Rich, Thereasa A; Ying, Anita K; Warneke, Carla L; Evans, Douglas B; Perrier, Nancy D; Grubbs, Elizabeth G

Morris, Lilah F; Waguespack, Steven G; Edeiken-Monroe, Beth S; Lee, Jeff E; Rich, Thereasa A; Ying, Anita K; Warneke, Carla L; Evans, Douglas B; Perrier, Nancy D; Grubbs, Elizabeth G.

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Morris LF; Section of Surgical Endocrinology, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Ann Surg Oncol ; 20(1): 53-9, 2013 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22890595

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Calcitonin/blood; Carcinoma, Medullary/diagnosis; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a/diagnostic imaging; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a/surgery; Thyroid Neoplasms/diagnosis; Adolescent; Area Under Curve; Carcinoma, Medullary/blood; Carcinoma, Medullary/surgery; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a/genetics; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Predictive Value of Tests; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret/genetics; Retrospective Studies; Statistics, Nonparametric; Thyroid Neoplasms/blood; Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery; Thyroidectomy; Ultrasonography

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Calcitonin / Thyroid Neoplasms / Carcinoma, Medullary / Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Year: 2013 Type: Article

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