title: Invited commentary: medullary thyroid cancer: the importance of RET testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. devans@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Suzanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Gilbert J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Cote
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006801:Humans; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret / Q000235:genetics*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; C099282:RET protein, human