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Detection of papillary thyroid carcinoma by analysis of BRAF and RET/PTC1 mutations in fine-needle aspiration biopsies of thyroid nodules.
World journal of surgery - 1 Nov 2010
Musholt Thomas J, Fottner Christian, Weber Matthias M, Eichhorn Waltraud, Pohlenz Joachim, Musholt Petra B, Springer Erik, Schad Arno
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Activating mutations of the oncogene BRAF or rearrangements of the tyrosine kinase receptor RET are observed in up to 80% of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). The predominant BRAF V600E mutation has not been detected in benign thyroid tissue so far, so consequently, this assumedly pathognomonic alteration is qualified to improve the preoperative diagnosis of PTC. METHODS: Two hundred ninety...
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