calcitonin

Calcitonin

Calcitonin is a hormone that helps regulate calcium levels in the blood by lowering them when they become too high. It achieves this by slowing down the activity of osteoclasts, the cells responsible for bone resorption (the process of breaking down bone tissue and releasing minerals such as calcium into the bloodstream). Calcitonin is primarily …
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Your pathology report for medullary thyroid carcinoma

Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a rare type of thyroid cancer that starts in C cells, also called parafollicular cells, in the thyroid gland. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland at the front of the neck that produces hormones regulating metabolism. Unlike most thyroid cancers, which originate in follicular cells that produce thyroid hormone, medullary thyroid …
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