As multiple studies have demonstrated, the finding of an elevated serum calcitonin is associated with the finding of a medullary thyroid carcinoma in as high as 20% of cases.
Ako viaceré štúdie preukázali, zistenie zvýšenej sérum kalcitonín je spojená s zistenie medullary karcinóm štítnej žľazy rovnako vysoká ako 20% prípadov.