Article
Specific immunohistochemical detection of the BRAF V600E mutation in primary and metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Feb 2016
Zhu Xiaoli, Luo Yanli, Bai Qianming, Lu Yongming, Lu Yiqiong, Wu Lijing, Zhou Xiaoyan
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical value of immunohistochemistry (IHC) using anti-BRAF V600E antibody (clone VE1) for specific detection of the BRAF V600E mutant protein in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) specimens. METHODS: A total of 118 PTC cases and 116 contr...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Papillary
- Child
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
- Thyroid Cancer, Papillary
- Thyroid Neoplasms
