title: Response to "Long-term outcome of 'prophylactic therapy' for familial medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)".
authors.forename: Dhalapathy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sadacharan
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000151:congenital; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D018813:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; C099282:RET protein, human