Abstract

Medulary thyroid carcinoma (also called MTC) is a relatively rare type of cancer that may occur in certain families, affecting particular cells, called C-cells, in the thyroid. This hereditary type of cancer may also be associated with benign tumors of the adrenal and parathyroid glands. Certain diagnostic tests enable the investigator to detect the presence of abnormal cells in the thyroid and adrenal glands at a very early stage. Pentagastrin is the man-made equivalent of gastrin, a normally present gastrointestinal hormone. The pentagastrin test is designed to determine if there are any abnormalities in calcitonin, a hormone made by the thyroid C-cells. Pentagastrin is capable of stimulating the release of calcitonin into the blood. By measuring the calcitonin in the blood after pentagstrin injection, we are able to determine if the amount of calcitonin is abnormal.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR000054-38
Application #
6114433
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
38
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Tufts University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02111

  Publications

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Torres, Vicente E; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Schrier, Robert W et al. (2017) Dietary salt restriction is beneficial to the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Kidney Int 91:493-500
Younge, Noelle; Goldstein, Ricki F; Bann, Carla M et al. (2017) Survival and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes among Periviable Infants. N Engl J Med 376:617-628
Irazabal, María V; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Bae, Kyongtae Ty et al. (2017) Prognostic enrichment design in clinical trials for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: the HALT-PKD clinical trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant 32:1857-1865
Brosnahan, Godela M; Abebe, Kaleab Z; Rahbari-Oskoui, Frederic F et al. (2017) Effect of Statin Therapy on the Progression of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. A Secondary Analysis of the HALT PKD Trials. Curr Hypertens Rev 13:109-120
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Scherzer, Rebecca; Heymsfield, Steven B; Rimland, David et al. (2017) Association of serum albumin and aspartate transaminase with 5-year all-cause mortality in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection and HIV monoinfection. AIDS 31:71-79

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