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Time to calcitonin normalization after surgery for node-negative and node-positive medullary thyroid cancer.

Andreas MachensK LorenzH Dralle
Published in: The British journal of surgery (2019)
Calcitonin levels typically normalize within 1 week; and within a fortnight in those with node-positive MTC and preoperative calcitonin levels of 500·1-1000 pg/ml. With node-positive MTC and preoperative calcitonin levels exceeding 1000 pg/ml, and with more than ten nodal metastases, calcitonin normalization takes longer.
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