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Cancer risk and clinicopathological characteristics of thyroid nodules harboring thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor gene mutations.
Diagnostic cytopathology - 1 May 2018
Mon Sann Y, Riedlinger Gregory, Abbott Collette E, Seethala Raja, Ohori N Paul, Nikiforova Marina N, Nikiforov Yuri E, Hodak Steven P
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BACKGROUND: Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene mutations play a critical role in thyroid cell proliferation and function. They are found in 20%-82% of hyperfunctioning nodules, hyperfunctioning follicular thyroid cancers (FTC), and papillary thyroid cancers (PTC). The diagnostic importance of TSHR mutation testing in fine needle aspiration (FNA) specimens remains unstudied. METHODS: To examine the...
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