ea0081p753 | Thyroid | ECE2022
Dumitriu Roxana
, Cristiana Calin
, Florentina Burcea Iulia
, Dumitrascu Anda
, Poiana Catalina
Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor derived from C cells that is responsible for approximately 5% of the gland malignancies, most of them occuring sporadically. Lymph node metastasis may occur early in disease pathogenesis and is one of the most important negative prognostic factor. Surgery is the only curative therapy while other chemotherapeutic options are limited. Neuroendocrine differentiated C cells may express somatostat...