Ponder B A, Finer N, Coffey R, Harmer C L, Maisey M, Ormerod M G, Pembrey M E, Ponder M A, Rosswick P, Shalet S
Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
Q J Med. 1988 Apr;67(252):299-308.
Systematic screening of the families of a series of 39 patients with apparently sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma detected seven new cases in four families. A negative family history in a patient presenting with medullary thyroid carcinoma is not reliable in excluding familial disease, and family screening should be considered for new patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma.
对一系列39例看似散发的甲状腺髓样癌患者的家族进行系统筛查,在4个家族中发现了7例新病例。甲状腺髓样癌患者的阴性家族史在排除家族性疾病方面并不可靠,对于新诊断的甲状腺髓样癌患者应考虑进行家族筛查。