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Geographical mapping of a multifocal thyroid tumour using genetic alteration analysis & miRNA profiling.
Molecular cancer - 4 Dec 2008
Aherne Sinéad T, Smyth Paul C, Flavin Richard J, Russell Susan M, Denning Karen M, Li Jing Huan, Guenther Simone M, O'Leary John J, Sheils Orla M
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BACKGROUND: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently presents as multiple tumour-foci within a single thyroid gland or pluriform, with synchronous tumours comprising different histological variants, raising questions regarding its clonality. Among the genetic aberrations described in PTC, the BRAF V600E mutation and ret/PTC activation occur most commonly. Several studies have investigated the genetic...
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