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BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma in a Japanese population: its lack of correlation with high-risk clinicopathological features and disease-free survival of patients.
Endocrine journal - 1 Jan 2009
Ito Yasuhiro, Yoshida Hiroshi, Maruo Rie, Morita Shinji, Takano Toru, Hirokawa Mitsuyoshi, Yabuta Tomonori, Fukushima Mitsuhiro, Inoue Hiroyuki, Tomoda Chisato, Kihara Minoru, Uruno Takashi, Higashiyama Takuya, Takamura Yuuki, Miya Akihiro, Kobayashi Kaoru, Matsuzuka Fumio, Miyauchi Akira
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have demonstrated that BRAF(V600E) mutation is a common event in papillary thyroid carcinoma and a majority of these lesions have shown a direct relationship between BRAF(V600E) mutation and aggressive characteristics, including a worse patient prognosis. However, there are no stud...
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