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Clinicopathological significance of TERT promoter mutation in papillary thyroid carcinomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2016
Yin De-Tao, Yu Kun, Lu Run-Qing, Li Xianghua, Xu Jianhui, Lei Mengyuan, Li Hongqiang, Wang Yongfei, Liu Zhen
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BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation, resulting in poor clinical outcomes of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), has been generally confirmed. To data, there is no high-level evidence approving the association of TERT promoter mutation and aggressive clinical behaviours in PTC. To systematically evaluate it, a systematic review and meta-analysis of the...
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