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Mutational analysis of metastatic lymph nodes from papillary thyroid carcinoma in adult and pediatric patients.
Surgery - 1 Jan 2017
Shifrin Alexander L, Fischer Michele, Paul Trevor, Erler Brian, Gheysens Katherine, Baodhankar Prachi, Song-Yang Joanna W, Taylor Samantha, Timmaraju Venkata Arun, Topilow Arthur, Mireskandari Alidad, Kumar Gyanendra
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BACKGROUND: Limited data are available on the analysis of somatic mutations in metastatic lymph nodes in adult and pediatric patients with papillary thyroid carcinomas. METHODS: A total of 92, microdissected, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 39 patients were analyzed for the presence of somatic mutations utilizing the ThyGenX next-generation sequencing test. RESULTS: Somatic mutations were...
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