Calcitonin

How to Cite This Chapter: Don-Wauchope A, Chetty VT, Ivica J, Kavsak P, Khan WI, Lafreniere M, Nouri K, Solnica B. Calcitonin. McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. Kraków: Medycyna Praktyczna. https://empendium.com/mcmtextbook/chapter/B31.1269.3.7.107. Accessed December 22, 2024.

Last Updated: May 9, 2022

Last Reviewed: May 9, 2022

Chapter Information

For a brief introduction and guide to abbreviations, see Laboratory Tests: General Remarks.

Analyte [material]

Calcitonin [S/P]

Reference range, target level, or decision threshold

<2.9 pmol/L (10 ng/L)!!!

[pmol/L] × 3.45 = [ng/L]

Interpretation of results

↑ Medullary thyroid cancer (very high concentration), small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, CKD

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