Abstract:Objective: To investigate the changes of calcitonin (CT) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Methods: Fifty-eight cases of MTC were selected and the relationship between the CT levels and metastasis was investigated. The immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of CT and CGRP in the 58 samples of MTC tissues. The CT and CGRP in 30 newly diagnosed MTC inpatients were measured before operation and in the first few days after operation… Show more
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