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ea0008p51 | Endocrine Tumours and Neoplasia | SFE2004

Prognostic value Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)of in patients with the familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC)

Pulatova NR , Ismailov SI

Today calcitonin (CT) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) are widely used as markers of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Postoperative CT and CEA normalization is a favorable prognostic factor. The work was initiated to assess CEA diagnostic and prognostic value before and after surgery in patients with familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC). Methods: blood serum from 11 patients with FMTC (mean age 27.4 plus/minus 3.2) undergoing total thyroidectomy and lymph node disse...