The Role of Core Needle Biopsy and Its Impact on Surgical Management in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Clinical Experience at 3 Medical Institutions

^aFrom the Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiology (E.J.H., J.H.B)
^bDepartments of Pathology (D.E.S.)
^cMetabolism and Endocrinology (Y.K.S.), University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
^dDepartment of Radiology (E.J.H.), Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
^eDepartment of Radiology (D.G.N.), Human Medical Imaging and Intervention Center, Seoul, Korea
^fHealthcare System Gangnam Center (D.G.N.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
^gDepartments of Radiology (J.-h.K.)
^hPathology (H.S.M.)
ⁱSurgery (K.E.L.), Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
^jDepartment of Radiology (J.K.K.), Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Please address correspondence to Jung Hwan Baek, MD, Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 86 Asanbyeongwon-Gil, Songpa-Gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea; e-mail: radbaek{at}naver.com