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TERT promoter mutational screening as a tool to predict malignant behaviour in follicular thyroid tumours-three examples from the clinical routine.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2018
Hysek Martin, Paulsson Johan O, Wang Na, Jatta Kenbugul, Lindh Claes, Fuentes-Martinez Nelson, Shabo Ivan, Zedenius Jan, Juhlin C Christofer
Abstract excerpt
Follicular thyroid adenomas (FTAs) and carcinomas (FTCs), collectively the most common thyroid neoplasms, constitute a significant clinical challenge since histological evidence of invasive behaviour is required for a malignant diagnosis. Small subsets of FTAs relapse as manifest malignant FTCs, indicating that histology is not always adequate to predict malignant potential. Lately, recurrent mutations in the...
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