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Molecular genetics of papillary thyroid carcinoma: great expectations.
Arquivos brasileiros de endocrinologia e metabologia - 1 Jul 2007
Trovisco Vítor, Soares Paula, Preto Ana, Castro Patrícia, Máximo Valdemar, Sobrinho-Simões Manuel
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Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most prevalent type of endocrine cancer and, in recent epidemiological surveys, one of the types of human cancer whose incidence is growing. Despite the favourable outcome and long survival rates of most patients, some tumours display an aggressive behaviour and may progress to the highly aggressive and lethal, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. In recent years, several...
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