Medullary Cancer

Medullary thyroid cancer is rare. It can be inherited on occasion or can occur sporadically by chance. Patients with this type of tumour usually undergo genetic testing to see if they have an inherited gene where other member of the family may be affected.

Medullary thyroid cancer is also related on occasion to a number of other conditions and to some other tumours. There is a condition called MEN (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome – and patients with this condition and Medullary thyroid cancer may a number of other problems.)These cancers very commonly spread to the lymph glands.