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Clinical implications of BRAF mutation in thyroid carcinoma.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Jan 2000
Puxeddu Efisio, Durante Cosimo, Avenia Nicola, Filetti Sebastiano, Russo Diego
Abstract excerpt
Significant progress has recently been made in the clinical management of papillary thyroid carcinoma. The accuracy of diagnosis and prognostic stratification of this type of carcinoma are high but still fall below 100%. Lack of effective treatments for advanced stage papillary thyroid carcinoma leads to death in some patients. Approximately half of all such carcinomas harbor mutations in the gene encoding the...
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