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ArticleCancers2024

Pre-Operative Calcitonin and CEA Values May Predict the Extent of Metastases to the Lateral Neck Lymph Nodes in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Cancer.

Antonio Prinzi, Francesco Frasca, Marco Russo, Gabriella Pellegriti, Tommaso Piticchio, Dario Tumino, Antonino Belfiore, Pasqualino Malandrino

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Antonio PrinziEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-7021-9860
Francesco FrascaEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.
Marco RussoEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.
Gabriella PellegritiEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6102-379X
Tommaso PiticchioEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0567-6494
Dario TuminoEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1021-6692
Antonino BelfioreEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6181-4193
Pasqualino MalandrinoEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Garibaldi-Nesima Medical Center, 95122 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2474-0954

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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calcitoninCEAlymph nodes metastasesmedullary thyroid cancerneuroendocrine tumor

Identifiers

PMID39272838
PMCPMC11394084

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