Early diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer: Are calcitonin stimulation tests still indicated in the era of highly sensitive calcitonin immunoassays?

Conclusion Predefined sex-specific bCT cut-off levels are helpful for the early detection of MTC and for predicting lateral neck lymph node metastasis.Ca-sCT did not improve preoperative diagnostics.bCT levels>43pg/ml and>100pg/ml for males and of >23pg/ml and >85pg/ml for females are relevant for advising patients and planning the extent of surgery. PMID: 32056502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research