Article
Different structural components of conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma display mostly identical BRAF status.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jan 2007
Abrosimov Alexander, Saenko Vladimir, Rogounovitch Tatiana, Namba Hiroyuki, Lushnikov Evgeny, Mitsutake Norisato, Yamashita Shunichi
Abstract excerpt
Activating BRAF(T1799A) mutation is closely associated with a papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) histotype. The transversion is frequently detected in the conventional type, Warthin-like and tall cell variants, but is rare in the follicular variant of PTC. Conventional PTC is often presented with tumors of mixed architecture, which besides the papillary structures also contain areas with follicular and solid...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
