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Study of peripheral BRAF(V600E) mutation as a possible novel marker for papillary thyroid carcinomas.
Head & neck - 1 Nov 2013
Kwak Jin Young, Jeong Jong Ju, Kang Sang-Wook, Park Seulkee, Choi Jong Rak, Park Seo-Jin, Kim Eun Kyung, Chung Woong Youn
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BACKGROUND: The BRAF(V600E) mutation can be detected peripherally in the serum of patients with thyroid cancer. The purpose of this study was to establish the value of detecting the peripheral BRAF(V600E) mutation as a serum tumor marker in this population. METHODS: In this study, we obtained 94 serum samples from patients with papillary thyroid cancer positive for the BRAF(V600E) mutation in the tumor itself....
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