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BRAF mutations are uncommon in papillary thyroid cancer of young patients.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Apr 2005
Penko Karen, Livezey Jeffrey, Fenton Cydney, Patel Aneeta, Nicholson Diarmuid, Flora Michael, Oakley Kevin, Tuttle R Michael, Francis Gary
Abstract excerpt
Mortality is low for young patients (younger than 21 years) with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and different mutations might contribute to this. Previous studies detected ret/PTC rearrangements more frequently in PTC from children than adults, and recent reports describe a high incidence of BRAF T1796A transversion in adult PTC. However, BRAF mutations have not been adequately studied in PTC from young...
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