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Molecular alterations of coexisting thyroid papillary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma: identification of TERT mutation as an independent risk factor for transformation.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Nov 2017
Oishi Naoki, Kondo Tetsuo, Ebina Aya, Sato Yukiko, Akaishi Junko, Hino Rumi, Yamamoto Noriko, Mochizuki Kunio, Nakazawa Tadao, Yokomichi Hiroshi, Ito Koichi, Ishikawa Yuichi, Katoh Ryohei
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid papillary carcinoma is the most common endocrine neoplasm and generally carries a favorable prognosis. However, a small subset of papillary carcinomas transforms into anaplastic carcinoma, an undifferentiated cancer with a dismal prognosis. Recent studies using next-generation sequencing revealed the genomic landscape of papillary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma. However, risk factors for anaplastic...
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