Role of Calcitonin in Osteosclerosis of Myeloma?-Reply
Abstract
Abstract Unfortunately, the article of Rousseau et al came to our attention after our article was published in the Archives. Their observation of hypercalcitoninemia in osteosclerotic myeloma is interesting and may be important. It may mean that, in their patient, plasma cells were capable of producing and secreting CT. High plasma levels of CT were found in patients with cancer of the breast, cancer of the pancreas, oat cell carcinoma of the lung, and several other malignant neoplasms. In...