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How many cases of medullary thyroid cancer need to be diagnosed in a family for it to be considered Familial Medullary Thyroid Cancer? What is the mode of inheritance? How does a clinician distinguish nonfamilial medullary thyroid cancer from familial medullary thyroid cancer?
  

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Recognizing when a cancer is hereditary has importance for the medical management of both the patient and their relatives.

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  1. GeneReviews - Connect to GeneTests and access the GeneReviews section


    • Enter Medullary thyroid cancer in the search box (e.g. what search term to enter)
    • The Clinical Diagnosis section explains when the cancer is diagnosed as familial and when it is diagnosed as unclassified
    • The Genetic Counseling section tells you that it is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
    • The Management section describes how genetic molecular testing can detect mutations.


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