Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Basal calcitonin (bCT) and calcium-stimulated calcitonin (sCT) levels are useful in the management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC). Nowadays several bCT/sCT cut-offs have been proposed but univocally accepted values are still lacking. We identified gender-specific CT cut-offs in a series of patients who performed calcium gluconate test at our Centre.Methods: Our study includes a total of 35 patients (12 males and 23 females) with thyroid ...