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Clinical significance of RET and RAS mutations in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma: a meta-analysis.
Endocrine-related cancer - 1 Jun 2018
Vuong Huy Gia, Odate Toru, Ngo Hanh T T, Pham Thong Quang, Tran Thao T K, Mochizuki Kunio, Nakazawa Tadao, Katoh Ryohei, Kondo Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
There are ongoing debates with respect to the prognostic roles of molecular biomarkers in sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). In this study, we aimed at investigating the prognostic value of RET and RAS mutations - the two most common mutations in sporadic MTCs. A search was conducted in four electronic databases. Relevant data were extracted and pooled into odds ratios (OR), mean differences (MD) and...
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