Yonsei University College of Medicine Researcher Updates Current Data on Medullary Thyroid Cancer (Diagnostic Performance of Preoperative Calcitonin and Procalcitonin Tests for Differential Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer).

A recent study conducted by researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, compared the diagnostic performance of preoperative calcitonin and procalcitonin tests for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). MTC is a type of thyroid cancer with a relatively poor prognosis. The study found that both calcitonin and procalcitonin showed similar diagnostic utility for MTC, with high sensitivity and specificity. Depending on the patient's clinical status and laboratory environment, these tests can be used as complementary methods for detecting MTC. [Extracted from the article]