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The familial counterparts of follicular cell--derived thyroid tumors.
International journal of surgical pathology - 1 Aug 2010
Prazeres Hugo, Torres Joana, Soares Paula, Sobrinho-Simões Manuel
Abstract excerpt
The follicular cell-derived thyroid cancers (termed nonmedullary thyroid cancers-NMTCs) occur mostly sporadically, but intriguingly, NMTC has the highest familial risk among all cancer sites. This epidemiological observation is strengthened by the clinical occurrence of NMTC in familial aggregation (FNMTC) and by the detection of chromosomal loci in linkage with the disease phenotype. FNMTC loci have been...
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