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BRAF(V600E) Is Correlated with Recurrence of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Systematic Review, Multi-Institutional Primary Data Analysis, and Meta-Analysis.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Feb 2016
Chen Yufei, Sadow Peter M, Suh Hyunsuk, Lee Kyu Eun, Choi June Young, Suh Yong Joon, Wang Tracy S, Lubitz Carrie C
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BACKGROUND: Given the increasing incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma despite stable disease-specific mortality rates, the potential for the disease to reoccur is a key outcome to predict. The BRAF(V600E) mutation has been associated with recurrent disease in larger tumors. However, its correlation in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is not clear in individual series. METHODS: The MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web...
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