title: The diagnosis and therapy of medullary thyroid carcinoma in childhood.
abstract: The influence of selective calcitonin blood level measurements and the radical surgical approach in the treatment of C-cell carcinoma of the thyroid is demonstrated using the case of an 11-year-old girl.
mesh_terms: D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D037981:Neck Dissection; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin