title: [Preventive radical surgery of C-cell carcinoma in MEN-II syndrome based on genetic screening].
abstract: Between April 1986 and July 1995 121 patients have been operated on for C-cell carcinoma with 70 (57.9%) patients presenting a sporadic type and 51 (42.1%) a hereditary type of disease (46/38% MEN IIa and 5/4.1% MEN IIb). Indication for operation in patients with familial disease (MEN II) was in 9 patients (18%) detection of a mutation in the ret protooncogen (group I), in 27 patients (53%) a pathologic biochemical screening (pentagastrin stimulation) (group II), and in 15 patients (29%) the first manifestation in a family (index) (group III). Distribution of stages showed a stage I (T1 N0 M0) in 8/9 (89%) in group I, in 17/27 (63%) in group II, and in 0/15 in group III. In 8 from 9 patients with genetic indication a multifocal microcarcinoma and in one patient a cell-cell hyperplasia could be demonstrated. Accordingly the rate of curative operations with postoperative normalization of basal and pentagastrin stimulated calcitonin levels was 100% (9/9) in group I, 59% (16/27) in group II, and 7% (1/15) in group III. The mean age was 14 (median 12) years in group I, 26 (median 24) years in group II, and 43 (median 40) years in group III). In patients with presymptomatic screening (genetic and biochemical) a thyroidectomy including lymph node dissection of the central compartment was performed as a standard procedure. Postoperative complication rate showed a recurrent nerve palsy of 0 in group I and 4% in group II and a hypoparathyroidism of 0 in group I and 4% in group II. The detection of a mutation correlated with positive histological findings of the disease in all patients. The prophylactic radical operation on the basis of a genetic screening proved to be a safe procedure with curative intention. The early age of manifestation underlines the importance of the genetic screening and the early indication for operation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemeine und Unfallchirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Röher
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Goretzki
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Höppner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lederbogen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seppel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila