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Clinical Implication of Highly Sensitive Detection of the BRAFV600E Mutation in Fine-Needle Aspirations According to the Thyroid Bethesda System in Patients With Conventional Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology - 1 May 2015
Seo Jae Young, Choi Jong Rak, Moon Hee Jung, Kim Eun-Kyung, Han Kyung Hwa, Kim Hyunki, Kwak Jin Young
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BACKGROUND: We investigated the additional diagnostic yield of the mutation test and evaluated the frequency of the BRAF mutation in conventional PTC (cPTC) according to ultrasound (US) features and the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (BSRTC) based on the BRAFV600E mutation status. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During the study period, 279 patients who underwent FNA with an additional BRAFV600E...
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