Background: Inherited and sporadic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is an uncommon and
challenging malignancy. The American Thyroid association (ATA) chose to create specific …

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. Differentiated thyroid cancer
(DTC) with the two subtypes, papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and follicular thyroid cancer …

Thyroid nodules are frequent findings, especially when sensitive imaging methods are used.
Although thyroid cancer is relatively rare, its incidence is increasing, particularly in terms of …

Objectives: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy is regarded as the most important diagnostic tool
for thyroid lesions because of its simplicity, safety, and cost-effectiveness. However, its …

An elevated serum calcitonin level is a highly sensitive marker for medullary thyroid
carcinoma (MTC) that can be used for screening, differential diagnosis, prognostic …

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of calcitonin (CT) assay in
fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) wash-out fluid alone or combined with cytology in the …

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 …

Objective The usefulness of routine calcitonin measurement for early detection of medullary
thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in patients with nodular thyroid disease (NTD) has been …

An increased calcitonin serum level is suggestive of a medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), but is
not pathognomonic. The possibility of false positives or other calcitonin-secreting …

Background Thyroid nodules are very common in general medical practice, but rarely turn
out to be a medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Calcitonin is a sensitive tumour marker for …