Assertion: calcitonin | /r/HasProperty | useful
Facets:
value: in monitoring medullary thyroid carcinoma
type: LOCATION
value: for medullary thyroid cancer
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Calcitonin is also useful in the treatment of other bone diseases such as Paget’s disease, where the renewal and repair cycle in bone is disrupted, leading to large and malformed bones.
text: Calcitonin is also secreted by tumors of the C cells and is therefore, a useful marker for medullary thyroid cancer.
text: Calcitonin is useful in monitoring medullary thyroid carcinoma.
text: In addition, calcitonin may also be useful for identifying other conditions, such as thyroid C-cell hyperplasia, which are calcitonin-producing cells, as well as for other cancers such as leukemia, lung cancer, breast, pancreas or prostate, for example.