title: Introduction to European comments on "Medullary Thyroid Cancer: management guidelines of the American Thyroid Association".
abstract: Guest Editors of Thyroid Research supplement devoted to medullary thyroid cancer present the history on how the discussion about "Medullary Thyroid Cancer: management guidelines of the American Thyroid Association" was initiated and subsequently widely commented before and during European Thyroid Association - Cancer Research Network Meeting in Lisbon. It is explained why it has been decided to publish the manuscripts within the supplement - to document voices from the discussion and popularize them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch, Wybrzeze Armii Krajowej 15, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland. bjarzab@io.gliwice.pl.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jarzab
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Feldt-Rasmussen