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Medullary thyroid cancer

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Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)
A slow-growing tumor associated with MEN.


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The researchers found that residents of the Catania province had a more than two times higher incidence of papillary thyroid cancer, but not follicular or medullary thyroid cancers, than elsewhere on the island.
Diarrhea may also occur due to the hormones that are secreted by medullary thyroid cancer cells.
 
 
 
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