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No evidence of association between human cytomegalovirus infection and papillary thyroid cancer.
World journal of surgical oncology - 21 Feb 2014
Huang Tung-Sun, Lee Jie-Jen, Cheng Shih-Ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been detected in the thyroid gland and thyroid tumors. CMV infection may activate the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, of which aberrant activation is frequently associated with BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid cancer. METHODS: A total of 45 paired tumorous and adjacent non-neoplastic tissue samples, including 5 follicular adenoma and 40 papillary thyroid...
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