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Genetic markers in thyroid neoplasia.
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2001
Puxeddu E, Fagin J A
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a disease of genes. Detection of genetic abnormalities associated with cancers of various cell types can now be used for genetic counseling, diagnosis or treatment selection. In the case of thyroid cancer, genetic testing for mutations of the RET oncogene has had a profound effect on the management of medullary thyroid carcinomas. There is also considerable information on the genetic changes associated...
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