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Familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer: a review of the genetics.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Jul 2010
Khan Ayesha, Smellie James, Nutting Chris, Harrington Kevin, Newbold Kate
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Thyroid cancer, the commonest of endocrine malignancies, continues to increase in incidence with over 19,000 new cases diagnosed in the European Union per year. Although nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) is mostly sporadic, evidence for a familial form, which is not associated with other Mendelian cancer syndromes (e.g., familial adenomatous polyposis and Cowden's syndrome), is well documented and...
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