title: The optimal range of RET mutations to be tested: European comments to the guidelines of the American Thyroid Association.
abstract: In the 9th ETA-CRN Meeting (September 2009, Lisbon) some recommendations from the American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines for the management of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) were discussed by an European Panel of Experts (EPE). Among the 12 ATA recommendations related to hereditary MTC and to the optimal range of RET mutations to be tested (recommendations 1-5 and 9-15), 7 were shared and 5 were not shared by the EPE. In the present paper, the related comments and suggestions will be reported and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences & Community Health , University of Milan; Endocrine Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Via F, Sforza, 35, 20122 Milan, Italy. laura.fugazzola@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fugazzola
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Leo
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perrino