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BRAF V600E and TERT promoter mutations cooperatively identify the most aggressive papillary thyroid cancer with highest recurrence.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Sept 2014
Xing Mingzhao, Liu Rengyun, Liu Xiaoli, Murugan Avaniyapuram Kannan, Zhu Guangwu, Zeiger Martha A, Pai Sara, Bishop Justin
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate the prognostic value of the BRAF V600E mutation and the recently identified TERT promoter mutation chr5:1,295,228C>T (C228T), individually and in their coexistence, in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of the relationship of BRAF and TERT C228T mutations with clinicopathologic outcomes of PTC in 507 patients (365 women and 142 men) age...
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