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Relationship of body mass index with BRAF (V600E) mutation in papillary thyroid cancer.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine - 1 Jun 2016
Shi Rong-Liang, Qu Ning, Liao Tian, Wei Wen-Jun, Lu Zhong-Wu, Ma Ben, Wang Yu-Long, Ji Qing-Hai
Abstract excerpt
Current evidences suggest an influence of overweight body mass index (BMI) on the carcinogenesis in malignancies. However, the role of BMI is unclear in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between BMI and BRAF (V600E) mutation status in PTC. BRAF (V600E) mutation in 108 patients with PTC was analyzed by Sanger sequencing. The cutoff point of BMI was...
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