Thyroid cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the thyroid gland. In 2020, there were ...

Thyroid cancer is occasionally associated with hyperthyroidism. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most frequently reported histologic type followed by follicular thyroid carcinoma. Medullary ...

After extensive surgery, calcitonin levels plummet in most patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) without lymph node metastases. Calcitonin, however, remains elevated in two-thirds of ...

MEN type 2B is a very rare disorder and can cause medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and lesions on the tongue and lips (mucosal neuromas). Familial paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome is ...