A 40-year-old male is operated on for a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. He expresses concern about his 10 years son getting the disease. The best test:
A) Yearly calcitonin in son
B) yearly pentagastrin-stimulated calcitonin in son
C) DNA analysis for RET proto-oncogene in tumor
D) DNA analysis for RET proto-oncogene in peripheral blood
E) Thyroid ultrasound in son
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