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ID 111689
Title Alternative
MEN 2B IN JAPAN
Author
Iwahana, Hiroyuki The University of Tokushima
Keywords
MEN 2B
Prognosis
Loss of heterozygosity
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Since 1968, a total of 23 patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) have been identified in Japan. The mean age at diagnosis was 20.3 years (range, 6 to 39 years). All patients had neuromas and bumpy lips. All patients underwent thyroidectomy for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Ten of 23 patients had pheochromocytomas. One patient died of cerebral bleeding at the age of 43, 2 patients died of MTC at the age of 35 and 12. Five-, 10-, and 15-year survival rates were 100%, 92%, and 88%, respectively. The clinical course of MTC in MEN 2B in Japanese is not so aggressive when compared with about a 50% 10-year survival reported for Caucasians. Genetic nalysis of 4 MTC and 1 pheochromocytoma from 4 patients with MEN 2B revealed no common changes in regard to loss of heterozygosity on 21 chromosomes or point mutations of the ras, Gsα, or p53 genes.
Journal Title
Endocrine Journal
ISSN
13484540
09188959
NCID
AA12020190
AA10901436
Publisher
The Japan Endocrine Society
Volume
40
Issue
6
Start Page
649
End Page
657
Published Date
1993
EDB ID
DOI (Published Version)
URL ( Publisher's Version )
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language
eng
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
Oral Sciences
Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences