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[Study on the correlation between BRAF(V600E) mutation and lymphatic metastases in papillary thyroid cancer staged preoperativelv as N0].
Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery - 1 Dec 2015
Gao Qingjun, Zhang Wei, Wang Nanpeng, Duan Haisong, Zhou Yan, Zhang Wei, Zhao Daiwei
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OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of BRAF(V600E) mutations in small (≤ 2 cm) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), explore the correlation with occult central nodal metastasis (CNM) of clinically-nodal negative (cN0) neck for small (≤ 2 cm) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHOD: Primary tumor tissue (paraffin-embedded) from 72 patients with small (≤ 2 cm) cN0 PTC who underwent prophylactic central neck...
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