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Using Ion Torrent sequencing to study genetic mutation profiles of fatal thyroid cancers.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Jun 2018
Lu Jin-Ying, Cheng Wern-Cherng, Chen Kuen-Yuan, Lin Chia-Chi, Chang Ching-Chung, Kuo Kuan-Ting, Chen Pei-Lung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Surgery followed by radioiodine is a mainstay of treatment for thyroid cancers of follicular origins. However, about 5% of the thyroid cancers are non-operable and/or radioiodine-refractory diseases, which are either locally advanced or metastatic and result in a survival of less than 5 years. How to treat this population of thyroid cancer patients becomes a critical issue requiring further...
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