Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumour that arises from c cells of the thyroid gland and accounts for less than 8% of thyroid neoplasms. Some are familiar (MEN 2 syndrome) but most are sporadic. Genetic tests have improved the outcome in hereditary forms, but survival in sporadic MTC has not increased in last years. In most patients with sporadic MTC the disease has already metastasized at the time of diagnosis.Objecti...