Early Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Are Calcitonin Stimulation Tests Still Indicated in the Era of Highly Sensitive Calcitonin Immunoassays?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Oskar Koperek; Philipp Riss; Bruno Niederle; Christian Scheuba; Andreas Selberherr; Martin B. Niederle
- Source
- Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association. 30(7)
- Subject
- Adult
Calcitonin
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system diseases
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
chemistry.chemical_element
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Stimulation
Calcium
Sensitivity and Specificity
03 medical and health sciences
Basal (phylogenetics)
0302 clinical medicine
Endocrinology
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Internal medicine
Biomarkers, Tumor
Medicine
Humans
Thyroid Neoplasms
Thyroid Nodule
Stage (cooking)
Early Detection of Cancer
Tumor marker
Aged
Immunoassay
business.industry
Medullary thyroid cancer
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Highly sensitive
chemistry
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Carcinoma, Medullary
Lymphatic Metastasis
Female
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-9077
Background: Measurements of both basal (b) calcitonin (CT) and calcium (Ca)-stimulated CT (Ca-sCT) levels are performed to identify medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) at an early stage when used as par...