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==Overview==
==Overview==
According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, surveillance for medullary thyroid cancer by annual measurement of serum [[calcitonin]], serum [[calcium]], serum [[parathyroid hormone]], and catacholamines is recommended  postsurgically to monitor for recurrence and complications for medullary thyroid cancer.
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of medullary thyroid cancer.
==Prevention==
==Primary Prevention==
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There are no established measures for the primary prevention of medullary thyroid cancer.
! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 120%; background: #4479BA" align=left| ''{{fontcolor|#FFF| Surveillance of medullary thyroid cancer}}''
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! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 95%; background:  #DCDCDC" align=left| '''Serum [[calcium]] level annually for people diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A'''
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! style="padding: 0 5px; font-size: 95%; background:  #DCDCDC" align=left | '''Recurrent or residual [[medullary thyroid cancer]] post [[thyroidectomy]] is detected by measurement of serum [[calcitonin]] annually'''
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" colspan="2"|<small>Adapted from Marquard J, Eng C. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2. 1999 Sep 27 [Updated 2015 Jun 25]. In: Pagon RA, Adam MP, Ardinger HH, et al., editors. GeneReviews® [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2015. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1257/<ref>{{Cite journal| author = [[Jessica Marquard]] & [[Charis Eng]]
| title = Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
| year = 1993
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

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There are no established measures for the primary prevention of medullary thyroid cancer.

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There are no established measures for the primary prevention of medullary thyroid cancer.

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