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Clinical relevance of RET variants G691S, L769L, S836S and S904S to sporadic medullary thyroid cancer
23 Nov 2011
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BACKGROUND: Based on reports of higher frequencies among patients with sporadic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) relative to external controls, the RET (REarranged during Transfection) variants G691S, L767L, S836S and S904S have been considered disease modifiers, suggesting greater lifetime risks of MTC. Other studies, employing different external controls, failed to confirm this association. Using a complementary...
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