Age-related probability of development of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Age-related probability of development of hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma.
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遗传性甲状腺髓样癌发生年龄相关的概率。
DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(82)80014-0
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发表时间:
1982
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TashjianJr,AH
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Gagel,RF;Jackson,CE;Block,MA;Feldman,ZT;Reichlin,S;Hamilton,BP;TashjianJr,AH
Hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait; at birth each child of an affected parent has a 50% chance of developing the disease. Measurement of plasma calcitonin concentrations after provocative calcium or pentagastrin stimulation has proved useful in the early diagnosis of this disease. To determine the age-related risk of conversion from a negative to a positive provocative test, 445 members of 11 kindreds were studied with sequential tests. Of 159 family members with a 50% risk at birth of developing medullary thyroid carcinoma 38 converted from a negative to a positive test result (mean age of conversion was 15 years). By means of methods previously described for determining the age-related probability for developing Huntington chorea, we present a method for determining the probability of development of medullary thyroid carcinoma. An individual at risk whose test result was negative had the following probability of converting to a positive test result at a later date: age (years)/probability, 0/0.5; 5/0.49; 10/0.41; 15/0.25; 20/0.16; 25/0.10; 30/0.05; and 35/0. We conclude that hereditary medullary thyroid carcinoma is regularly detectable in the pediatric age group and that screening should begin by age 5 years and be continued at regular intervals until age 35.