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Impact of pathognomonic genetic alterations on the prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. ESES vienna presentation.
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Musholt Thomas J, Schönefeld Sonja, Schwarz Christina H, Watzka Felix M, Musholt Petra B, Fottner Christian, Weber Matthias M, Springer Erik, Schad Arno
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INTRODUCTION: BRAF mutations and RET or NTRK1 rearrangements were identified as causing events that drive the malignant transformation of the thyroid follicular cell. The impact of these alterations on the course of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is still unsettled. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Tumor tissues of 290 (98 male, 192 female) patients were intra-operatively snap frozen or harvested from archival...
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