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Low frequency of BRAF mutations in adult patients with papillary thyroid cancers following childhood radiation exposure.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jan 2006
Collins Barbara J, Schneider Arthur B, Prinz Richard A, Xu Xiulong
Abstract excerpt
Radiation exposure at a young age is the only environmental factor known to cause thyroid cancer, predominantly of the papillary type. We have previously reported a high percentage (86.7%) of RET-positive papillary thyroid cancers in a cohort of individuals exposed to external radiation of the he...
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