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Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: genome-wide appraisal of a controversial entity.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Aug 2004
Wreesmann Volkert B, Ghossein Ronald A, Hezel Michael, Banerjee Debenranrath, Shaha Ashok R, Tuttle R Michael, Shah Jatin P, Rao Pulivarthi H, Singh Bhuvanesh
Abstract excerpt
The majority of thyroid tumors are classified as papillary (papillary thyroid carcinomas; PTCs) or follicular neoplasms (follicular thyroid adenomas and carcinomas; FTA/FTC) based on nuclear features and the cellular growth pattern. However, classification of the follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) remains an issue of debate. These tumors contain a predominantly follicular growth pattern but...
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