METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF POST-OPERATIVE METASTASES OF MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA

摘要

A method for early detection of post-operative metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma includes determination of thyrocalcitonin in blood plasma after surgical intervention on term of 3, 6, 9, 12 months, and if it increases from 100 pmol/l presence of metastases is determined.