The essential use of FNA-calcitonin for detecting medullary thyroid cancer

Endocrine. 2014 Sep;47(1):342-4. doi: 10.1007/s12020-014-0226-x. Epub 2014 Mar 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Calcitonin / analysis*
  • Calcitonin / blood
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Thyroid Gland / chemistry*
  • Thyroid Gland / pathology*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / blood
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thyroid Nodule / blood
  • Thyroid Nodule / diagnosis
  • Thyroid Nodule / pathology

Substances

  • Calcitonin

Supplementary concepts

  • Thyroid cancer, medullary