Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Carcinoma de tiroides medular familiar
Familial medullary thyroid cancer (fuh-MIH-lee-ul MED-yoo-LAYR-ee THY-royd KAN-ser)
An inherited form of medullary thyroid cancer (cancer that forms in the cells of the thyroid that make the hormone calcitonin).
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.