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mutated (total mutated samples/total samples tested) for that particular tumor type. RAS mutations have also been detected in medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTCs), and this subject will be further discussed in section ‘ RAS mutations in MTC
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Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a malignancy that originates from thyroid parafollicular C cells and accounts for about 5% of thyroid cancers ( Kloos et al . 2009 ). In the majority of cases (i.e., four out of every five), this
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Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a malignant tumor originating in parafollicular or C cells of the thyroid. The main secretory product of MTC is calcitonin, a specific and highly sensitive biomarker that is produced by normal
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Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a malignant neuroendocrine tumour originating from the parafollicular or C-cells of the thyroid, capable of secreting calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) ( Ceolin et al. 2019 ). It
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Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumour thought to originate from neural crest parafollicular C-cells. Approximately 25% of MTC cases occur in the context of autosomal dominant multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome
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nuclear family ( Amundadottir et al . 2004 ). Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is the third most common thyroid neoplasm (3–10%) after papillary (50–80%) and follicular (10–40%) carcinomas ( Hundahl et al . 1998 , Boyle 2008 , Pacini et al . 2010
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, Romei et al . 2016 ). Constitutive activation of RET by specific point mutations gives rise to medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), a tumour of thyroid C-cells, as part of the familial cancer syndrome multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 (MEN2), and also occur
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clinicopathological features of sporadic MTCs are presented in Table 2 . Table 2 Associations of RET , RAS mutation and RET M918T mutation with the clinicopathological parameters of sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma. Clinicopathological
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Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) accounts for 5–10% of all thyroid cancer. Most cases are sporadic but about 25% occur in patients with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) syndrome ( Brauckhoff et al
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Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) derives from thyroid C cells, a neuroendocrine cell that produces calcitonin and represents <1% of all thyroid cells ( Leboulleux et al . 2004 , Matias-Guiu et al . 2004 , Hoff & Hoff 2007 ). MTC