title: Do all patients with RET mutations associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 require surgery?
authors.affiliation: Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Kolling Institute and Department of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital and the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. dlearoyd@med.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Diana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Learoyd
authors.forename: Bruce G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D009154:Mutation; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret / Q000235:genetics*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; C099282:RET protein, human