 Pheochromocytoma - a hormone secreting tumor of the adrenal glands - is also present in 50% of cases.Affected individuals are encouraged to get yearly screenings for thyroid and adrenal cancer.Because prophylactic thyroidectomy improves survival, blood relatives of a person with MEN2B should be evaluated for MEN2B, even if lacking the typical signs and symptoms of the disorder.The mucosal neuromas of this syndrome are asymptomatic and self-limiting, and present no problem requiring treatment.