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TERT Promoter Mutations and Tumor Persistence/Recurrence in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.
Cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 2016
Myung Jae Kyung, Kwak Byung Kuk, Lim Jung Ah, Lee Myung-Chul, Kim Min Joo
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PURPOSE: A telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation was identified in thyroid cancer. This TERT promoter mutation is thought to be a prognostic molecular marker, because its association with tumor aggressiveness, persistence/recurrence, and disease-specific mortality in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has been reported. In this study, we attempted to determine whether the impact of the TERT...
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