MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER. FEATURES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

V.V. Skvortsov, M.Yu. Vlasov

Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd

 Skvortsov V.V. ― D. Med. Sc., Associate Professor of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases of the Volgograd State Medical University

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 Abstract. Medullary thyroid cancer is a rare hormonal-active malignant thyroid tumor that originates from parafollicular cells (C-cells). It is one of four types of thyroid cancer (follicular, papillary, medullary and anaplastic). It occupies the third place in terms of prevalence among oncological organ lesions. It is from 5 to 10% of the total number of malignant tumors of the thyroid gland.

Key words: medullary cancer, diagnosis, treatment, observation, forms, features of cancer.