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N-ras 61 oncogene mutations in Hürthle cell tumors.
Surgery - 1 Dec 1990
Schark C, Fulton N, Jacoby R F, Westbrook C A, Straus F H, Kaplan E L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of ras oncogenes are believed to play an important role in the initiation or progression of human tumors. In thyroid tumors the incidence of ras activation by specific point mutations has been reported to range from 33% in follicular adenomas up to 60% in anaplastic carcinomas. Because of our long-standing interest in Hürthle cell tumors, we began a study of 70 such cases to determine the incidence of...
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