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Genetics of papillary thyroid cancer initiation: implications for therapy.
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association - 1 Jan 2005
Fagin James A
Abstract excerpt
Papillary thyroid cancers are the most common thyroid malignancy. They usually carry a favorable prognosis, although patients with invasive or metastatic tumors that no longer trap radioiodine do less well. There is mounting experimental support for a central role of mutations leading to constitutive activation of MAP kinase effectors in the pathogenesis ofthis disease. Thus activating mutations of the tyrosine...
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