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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/akt and ras/raf-mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway mutations in anaplastic thyroid cancer.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2008
Santarpia Libero, El-Naggar Adel K, Cote Gilbert J, Myers Jeffrey N, Sherman Steven I
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CONTEXT: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) can occur in the setting of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), which suggests a continuum in malignant progression from DTC to ATC. The Ras/Raf-MAPK and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathways play critical roles in DTC tumorigenesis, but their roles in the pathogenesis of ATC are poorly defined. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to explore the...
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