Prophylactic thyroidectomy in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A
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Total thyroidectomy was conducted on several patients who were carriers of RET mutation characteristic of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A to verify whether such a treatment could prevent or cure medullary thyroid carcinoma. Results demonstrated that patients identified to be carriers did not show sustained or recurring medullary thyroid carcinoma for five or more years after total thyroidectomy.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2005
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The effect of China's one-child family policy after 25 years
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A study examines the development and implementation of the one-child family scheme in China and the impact of the scheme on population expansion. The significance of the scheme in modern China and whether it presently needs to be slackened are also reviewed.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2005
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