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TUMOR SCOREBOARD
The tumor scoreboards are those substances that can decide for analytical methods and have a causal connection or of probability with diverse types of cancer.
They are detected by analytical methods and serve for the detection, diagnosis and prognosis of some neoplasias.
Between other scoreboards there is the calcitonina that is a natural hormone of the human body.
NORMAL VALUES AND UTILITY
The calcitonina is a hormone polipeptídica produced by the cells parafoliculares of the thyroid gland (cells C). Also they are secreted from the original cells of the comb neural. His action is to inhibit the bony destruction. The normal values are lower than 10 pg/ml. His clinical interest is the precocious diagnosis of the fundamental cancer of the thyroid gland.
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