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DICER1 Mutations Are Frequent in Adolescent-Onset Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 2018
Wasserman Jonathan D, Sabbaghian Nelly, Fahiminiya Somayyeh, Chami Rose, Mete Ozgur, Acker Meryl, Wu Mona K, Shlien Adam, de Kock Leanne, Foulkes William D
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Context: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a common malignancy in adolescence and is molecularly and clinically distinct from adult PTC. Mutations in the DICER1 gene are associated with thyroid abnormalities, including multinodular goiter and differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Objective: In this study, we sought to characterize the prevalence of DICER1 variants in pediatric PTC, specifically in tumors without...
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