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No correlation between RET immunostaining and the codon 918 mutation in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma.
Langenbeck's archives of surgery - 1 Feb 1999
Bockhorn M, Frilling A, Kalinin V, Schröder S, Broelsch C E
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INTRODUCTION: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) occurs sporadically or as part of the inherited cancer syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2. The MEN2 gene has been identified as the RET proto-oncogene. Mutations in the RET proto-oncogene are associated with the pathogenesis of MTC. Approximately 23-40% of sporadic MTCs (sMTCs) have a somatic RET codon 918 mutation within the catalytic core of the...
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