GLOBAL ENDOCRINOLOGY: Geographical variation in the profile of RET variants in patients with medullary thyroid cancer: a comprehensive review

RMB Maciel, AL Maia - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Genetic variability in humans is influenced by many factors, such as natural selection,
mutations, genetic drift, and migrations. Molecular epidemiology evaluates the contribution …

5P strategies for management of multiple endocrine Neoplasia Type 2: a paradigm of precision medicine

SY Li, YQ Ding, YL Si, MJ Ye, CM Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) is a neuroendocrine cancer syndrome
characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma, in combination or not with …

Molecular epidemiology of multiple endocrine neoplasia 2: implications for RET screening in the new millenium

A Machens, K Lorenz, C Sekulla… - European Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective Twenty years ago, the groundbreaking discovery that rearranged during
transfection (RET) mutations underlie multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 (MEN2) and familial …

Distribution of RET Mutations in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2 in Denmark 1994–2014: A Nationwide Study

JS Mathiesen, JP Kroustrup, P Vestergaard… - Thyroid, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Background: Germline mutations of the RE arranged during T ransfection (RET) proto-
oncogene cause multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 (MEN2). It is unclear whether the …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical syndromes and genetic screening strategies of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma

P Liu, M Li, X Guan, A Yu, Q Xiao, C Wang… - Journal of kidney …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors that originate from chromaffin
cells of the adrenal medulla, and paragangliomas (PGLs) are extra-adrenal …

Assessment of depression, anxiety, quality of life, and coping in long-standing multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 patients

KC Rodrigues, RA Toledo, FL Coutinho, AB Nunes… - Thyroid, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Background: Data on psychological harm in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) are
scarce. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess anxiety, depression, quality of life …

Spectrum of Germline RET variants identified by targeted sequencing and associated Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 susceptibility in China

XP Qi, JQ Zhao, XD Fang, BJ Lian, F Li, HH Wang… - BMC cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Germline RET mutations and variants are involved in development of multiple
endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2). The present study investigated a spectrum of RET …

Prophylactic thyroidectomy for MEN 2-related medullary thyroid carcinoma based on predictive testing for RET proto-oncogene mutation and basal serum calcitonin in …

XP Qi, JQ Zhao, ZF Du, RR Yang, JM Ma, J Fei… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction Early and normative surgery is the only curative method for multiple endocrine
neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2)-related medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Aims To study the …

Multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 2B associated mixed medullary and follicular thyroid carcinoma in a Chinese patient with RET M918T germline mutation

XP Qi, GB Lin, B Chen, F Li, ZL Cao… - … Metabolic & Immune …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Mixed medullary and follicular thyroid carcinoma (MMFC) displays
heterogeneous morphological components and immunophenotypical features intermingled …

Genotypic characteristics and their association with phenotypic characteristics of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma in Korea

KY Jung, SM Kim, MJ Kim, SW Cho, BW Kim, YS Lee… - Surgery, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma can present as a part of multiple
endocrine neoplasia syndrome by rearranged during transfection gene mutation. We …