Open AccessCompleteness of<em> RET</em> testing in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma in Denmark 1997–2013: a nationwide study
Author(s) -
Jes Sloth Mathiesen,
Jens Peter Kroustrup,
Peter Vestergaard,
Kirstine Stochholm,
Per Løgstrup Poulsen,
Åse Krogh Rasmussen,
Ulla FeldtRasmussen,
Sten Schytte,
Stefano Christian Londero,
Henrik C. Pedersen,
Christoffer Holst Hahn,
Jens Bentzen,
Sören Möller,
Mette Gaustadnes,
Maria Rossing,
Finn C. Nielsen,
Kim Brixen,
Anja Lisbeth Frederiksen,
Christian Godballe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s183268
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , danish , population , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health
The completeness of RE arranged during T ransfection ( RET ) testing in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) was recently reported as 60%. However, the completeness on a population level is unknown. Similarly, it is unknown if the first Danish guidelines from 2002, recommending RET testing in all MTC patients, improved completeness in Denmark. We conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study aiming to evaluate the completeness of RET testing in the Danish MTC cohort. Additionally, we aimed to assess the completeness before and after publication of the first Danish guidelines and characterize MTC patients who had not been tested.