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BRAF V600E in papillary thyroid carcinoma is associated with increased programmed death ligand 1 expression and suppressive immune cell infiltration.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Sept 2014
Angell Trevor E, Lechner Melissa G, Jang Julie K, Correa Adrian J, LoPresti Jonathan S, Epstein Alan L
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BACKGROUND: There remain a small number of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) who suffer recurrence, metastases, or death. While mutation of the BRAF gene, corresponding to the constitutively active BRAF(V600E) protein, has been associated with worse clinical outcomes in thyroid cancer,...
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