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[Intracellular signaling mechanisms in thyroid cancer].
Cirugia y cirujanos - 1 Jan 2000
Mondragón-Terán Paul, López-Hernández Luz Berenice, Gutiérrez-Salinas José, Suárez-Cuenca Juan Antonio, Luna-Ceballos Rosa Isela, Erazo Valle-Solís Aura
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Thyroid cancer is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system, the papillary variant accounts for 80-90% of all diagnosed cases. In the development of papillary thyroid cancer, BRAF and RAS genes are mainly affected, resulting in a modification of the system of intracellular signaling proteins known as «protein kinase mitogen-activated» (MAPK) which consist of «modules» of internal signaling...
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