Advanced Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Advanced Medullary Thyroid Cancer
(Case Discussion)
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Endocrine Research Center
- Dr Z.Mousavi
- Professor of Endocrinology . MUMS
Disclousure and Thanks
Noting to disclose
My sincere thanks for the invitation
Epidemiology
- < 5% of all thyroid Cancer
- 1-2% of thyroid cancers in the US
- 1500-2000 cases/year in Europe
- Distant metastases requiring systemic treatment
(~50 cases/year in France)
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma:
Demographics
- Hundahl,et.al.,studied 53,856 patients with thyroid cancer from the National Cancer Data Base:
- Survival was predicted by tumor stage and patient age at diagnosis.
- Options for treating metastatic disease are not curative
