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Germline and somatic SDHx alterations in apparently sporadic differentiated thyroid cancer.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Apr 2015
Ni Ying, Seballos Spencer, Ganapathi Shireen, Gurin Danielle, Fletcher Benjamin, Ngeow Joanne, Nagy Rebecca, Kloos Richard T, Ringel Matthew D, LaFramboise Thomas, Eng Charis
Abstract excerpt
Along with breast and endometrial cancers, thyroid cancer is a major component cancer in Cowden syndrome (CS). Germline variants in SDHB/C/D (SDHx) genes account for subsets of CS/CS-like cases, conferring a higher risk of breast and thyroid cancers over those with only germline PTEN mutations. To investigate whether SDHx alterations at both germline and somatic levels occur in apparently sporadic breast cancer...
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