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Follicular histotypes of oncocytic thyroid carcinomas do not carry mutations of the BRAF hot-spot.
World journal of surgery - 1 May 2008
Musholt Petra B, Musholt Thomas J, Morgenstern Saskia C, Worm Karl, Sheu Sien-Yi, Schmid Kurt W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The BRAF V600E mutation is the most prevalent genetic aberration in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs), and it is found exclusively in RET/PTC-negative tumors. In oncocytic (Hürthle cell, oxyphilic) thyroid tumors, the presence of RET/PTC rearrangements is associated with either the conventional papillary histotype or the "solid" Hürthle cell tumors, whereas all predominantly follicular oncocytic...
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