Table 3.

Clinical features of the patients submitted to calcium-stimulation test with a final histological diagnosis of MTC.

	Age, yrs	Origin	Ct, pg/ml		proCt, ng/mL		Cancer size (mm)	T	N	M	Stage
			Basal	Peak	Basal	Peak
Females
1	62	#1	91.5	736	1.13	1.63	12	1	0	0	1
2	58	#1	39.3	488	0.32	0.46	11	1	0	0	1
3	57	#1	7720	19700	20.5	21.1	70	3	0	0	2
4	50	#1	126	175	2.33	2.5	12	1	1a	0	3
5	64	#1	49.2	974	0.38	0.52	12	1	0	0	1
6	52	#1	25.7	1010	0.31	1.59	6	1	0	0	1
7	52	#1	83.1	235	0.64	0.79	10	1	0	0	1
8	61	#1	35.3	366	0.25	0.61	11	1	0	0	1
9	27	#1	68.2	434	0.24	0.64	7	1	0	0	1
10	52	#1	61.6	538	0.26	0.37	8	1	0	0	1
11	64	#2	89.2	2707	0.77	2.36	7	1	0	0	1
12	68	#2	222	1251	1.18	1.63	11	1	0	0	1
13	66	#3	11.6	118	0.04	0.07	7	1	0	0	1
14	70	#3	53.7	678	0.12	0.4	4	1	0	0	1
Males
1	46	#1	27.7	1020	0.28	0.51	17	1	0	0	1
2	73	#1	19.6	71.5	0.1	0.1	7	1	0	0	1
3	35	#2	126	1485	0.51	0.84	9	1	0	0	1
4	54	#2	23.8	665	0.19	0.29	16	1	0	0	1
5	66	#2	47	1357	0.05	0.71	12	1	0	0	1
6	69	#3	69.3	860	0.09	0.2	4	1	0	0	1

#1 Padua; #2 Milan; #3 Bologna; Ct, calcitonin; proCt, procalcitonin.