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ReviewCancers2023

From Circulating Tumor Cells to Mirna: New Challenges in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer.

Claudia Ricci, Antonia Salvemini, Cristina Dalmiglio, Maria Grazia Castagna, Silvia Cantara

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Claudia RicciDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2431-0308
Antonia SalveminiDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-2019-0822
Cristina DalmiglioDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Maria Grazia CastagnaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Silvia CantaraDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5741-295X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a malignant tumor that arises from parafollicular C cells, which are responsible for producing calcitonin. The majority (75%) of MTC cases are sporadic forms, while the remaining (25%) have a hereditary component. In these hereditary cases, MTC can occur in conjunction with other endocrine disorders (i.e., pheochromocytoma) or as an isolated condition known as familial medullary thyroid carcinoma. The primary genetic mutation associated with the development of MTC, regardless of its hereditary or sporadic nature, is a point mutation in the RET gene. Evaluation of serum calcitonin levels represents the most reliable and sensitive marker for both the initial diagnosis and the postsurgical monitoring of MTC. Unfortunately, most patients do not achieve normalization of postsurgical serum calcitonin (CT) levels after surgery. Therefore, there is a need to find new biomarkers to be used with serum CT in order to increase test sensitivity and specificity. In this review, we summarize the literature from 2010 to 2023 to review the role of circulating tumor cells, cell-free DNA, and miRNA and their application in diagnosis, outcome of MTC, and response to treatments.

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cell-free DNAcirculating tumor cellsextracellular vesiclesmedullary thyroid cancermiRNA

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PMID37568824
PMCPMC10417429

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