CV Lattes
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Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Coordenadoria de Serviços de Saúde (CSS). Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo Octavio Frias de Oliveira (ICESP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's at Medicina from Universidade de Brasília (1991) and doctorate at Endocrinology from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (2003). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Medicine (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumor arising from the parafollicular C cells. This tumor can be sporadic or familial in 25% of the cases. When hereditary, it is associated with the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome (MEN2), an autosomal dominant disorder caused by germline mutations of the RET proto-oncogene, classified in 2 subtypes: MEN2A e MEN2B. The hi…
Despite recent therapeutic advances, surgical resection remains the only curative treatment for neuroendocrine tumors; therefore the development of more sensitive diagnostic tools that allows earlier detection of disease is highly desirable. The currently used localization studies include ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and octreoscan; the…
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