title: Genetic markers in thyroid neoplasia.
abstract: Cancer is a disease of genes. Detection of genetic abnormalities associated with cancers of various cell types can now be used for genetic counseling, diagnosis or treatment selection. In the case of thyroid cancer, genetic testing for mutations of the RET oncogene has had a profound effect on the management of medullary thyroid carcinomas. There is also considerable information on the genetic changes associated with development and progression of cancers of thyroid follicular cells, although these have not yet proven to be of practical value for clinical diagnosis or to guide prognosis and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Puxeddu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fagin
mesh_terms: D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000235:genetics; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000235:genetics; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005819:Genetic Markers; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila