RET and medullary thyroid gland carcinoma: In patients with ATA level A and B RET mutations (codons 768, 790, 791, 804, 891 and 609, 611, 618, 620, 630 respectively), the risk for MTC is moderate and the prophylactic total thyroidectomy may be delayed beyond the age of 5 years if there is a less aggressive MTC family history, a normal basal stimulated serum calcitonin and normal neck ultrasound [51].