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Temporal trends and clinical correlates for the ret/PTC1 mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma.
ANZ journal of surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Burgess John R, Skabo Stuart, McArdle Kathryn, Tucker Paul
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has increased in Australia at a rate exceeding 10% per annum over the past two decades. In Tasmania the increase has averaged 24% per year between 1982 and 1997. Exposure to ionizing radiation is the best characterized risk factor for...
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