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Thyroid cancer complicating familial adenomatous polyposis: mutation spectrum of at-risk individuals
4 Oct 2013
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BACKGROUND: Lifetime risk of thyroid cancer associated with FAP has been reported as 1-2%. The mean age at diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma in FAP has been reported at 28 years. The aims of this paper are to better understand gene mutations associated with thyroid cancer and refine surveillance recommendations for patients with FAP. METHODS: We performed a search in Pubmed, Ovid Medline and Embase with the terms...
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