Incidence and prevalence of multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B in Denmark: a nationwide study

Jes Sloth Mathiesen, Jens Peter Kroustrup, Peter Vestergaard, Mette Madsen, Kirstine Stochholm, Per Løgstrup Poulsen, Åse Krogh Rasmussen, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Sten Schytte, Henrik Baymler Pedersen, Christoffer Holst Hahn, Jens Bentzen, Mette Gaustadnes, Torben Falck Ørntoft, Thomas van Overeem Hansen, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Kim Brixen, Anja Lisbeth Frederiksen, Christian Godballe

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Abstract

Extract: Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B (MEN2B) is an autosomal dominant inherited cancer syndrome associating medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), pheochromocytoma (PHEO), ganglioneuromatosis of the aerodigestive tract and facial, ophthalmologic and skeletal abnormalities. MEN2B is caused by the M918T and A883F mutation of the REarranged during Transfection (RET) proto-oncogene in approximately 95% and <5% of cases, respectively. Only very few other mutations have been reported to cause MEN2B. In approximately 75% of MEN2B patients, mutations occur as de novo (Wells, et al. 2015) ...

Original languageEnglish
JournalEndocrine - Related Cancer
Volume24
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)L39-L42
Number of pages4
ISSN1351-0088
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

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