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Nature Reviews Endocrinology 4, 9 (1 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncpendmet0690

Imaging-based detection of metastases in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma

Giraudet AL et al. (2007) Imaging medullary thyroid carcinoma with persistent elevated calcitonin levels. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92: 4185–4190 After extensive surgery, calcitonin levels plummet in most patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) without lymph node metastases.