Do all patients with RET mutations associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 require surgery?

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Dec;1(2):60-1. doi: 10.1038/ncpendmet0045.

Authors

Diana L Learoyd¹, Bruce G Robinson

Affiliation

¹ Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Kolling Institute and Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. dlearoyd@med.usyd.edu.au

PMID: 16929368
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0045

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / surgery*
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / therapy
Mutation*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret / genetics*
Thyroidectomy

Substances

Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
RET protein, human