Medullary thyroid cancer prevention

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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]

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.

Prevention

Surveillance of medullary thyroid cancer
Serum calcium level annually for people diagnosed with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A
Recurrent or residual medullary thyroid cancer post thyroidectomy is detected by measurement of serum calcitonin annually
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/