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Current Osteoporosis Reports, 2012 Both injectable and nasal spray calcitonins have been utilized in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis for over 25 years. More widespread use of calcitonin in the treatment of osteoporosis has been hampered in part due to poor patient acceptability and compliance and the inability of patients to take this medication as an oral pill.
Hamdy, Ronald C., Daley, Dane N.
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Biomedicines, 2023 Medullary thyroid cancer originates from parafollicular C-cells in the thyroid. Despite successful thyroidectomy, localizing remnant cancer cells in patients with elevated calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen levels remains a challenge.
Hyeon Jeong Lee +9 more
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Aggressive clinical course of medullary thyroid microcarcinoma [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik Specijalne Bolnice za Bolesti Štitaste Žlezde i Bolesti Metabolizma "Zlatibor", 2022 Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a form of neuroendocrine tumor that arises from parafollicular C cells which produce calcitonin. In addition to calcitonin, these cells produce smaller amounts of other peptides, including carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA ...
Janić Tamara +6 more
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Endocrine Connections, 2021 Calcitonin-secreting neuroendocrine neoplasms of the lung are rare, with few cases reported in the literature. Differentiating between medullary th yroid carcinoma and an ectopic source of calcitonin secretion can represent a complex diagnostic conundrum
David C Llewellyn +8 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 IntroductionMedullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare cancer that accounts for 5% of thyroid cancers. Serum calcitonin is a good biomarker for MTC, which is used for diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of recurrence. Calcitonin-negative MTC (CNMTC) is
Sun Jung Kim +4 more
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The Efficacy of Nasal Calcitonin on The Treatment of Osteoporosis in Male Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Preliminary Study - Original Investigation [PDF]
Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2007 Aim: Osteoporosis is a prominent feature of advanced ankylosing spondylitis and causes decrease in bone mineral density (BMD), disturbance of bone formation and resorption and incerase in incidence of vertebral fractures.
Pınar Borman +3 more
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Medullary thyroid cancer. Returning to the need to determine the preoperative basal calcitonin level in patients with thyroid nodular pathology [PDF]
Эндокринная хирургия, 2019 There are International and Russian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma. There is a recommendation to determine the basal level of calcitonin for all patients with nodular thyroid disease at the all of these ...
Elena E. Stanyakina +5 more
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Amylin and Calcitonin: Potential Therapeutic Strategies to Reduce Body Weight and Liver Fat
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 The hormones amylin and calcitonin interact with receptors within the same family to exert their effects on the human organism. Calcitonin, derived from thyroid C cells, is known for its inhibitory effect on osteoclasts.
David S. Mathiesen +10 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 BackgroundSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic. The majority of medullary thyroid cancers present as a thyroid nodule.
Livia Sira +7 more
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Sexual dimorphism in relationships between of plasma urea and some psycho-neuro-endocrine parameters
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Background. Earlier we found a strong urato-neural relationships in both men and women. Moreover, in women, the factor structure of the neural root is almost completely different from that in men.
Walery Zukow +3 more
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