Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Occurring sporadically or as part of a familial syndrome, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is insidious in onset, aggressive in behavior and invariably a challenge to the clinician and surgeon.Objective: To define the relationship between biochemical parameters, disease progression, and treatment outcome in patients with MTC.Patient and methods: We studied 35 patients (11 men, 24 women) aged 50.9±14.8 years, adm...