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Association between diffuse lymphocytic infiltration and papillary thyroid cancer aggressiveness according to the presence of thyroid peroxidase antibody and BRAFV600E mutation.
Head & neck - 1 Oct 2018
Lee Young Ki, Park Kyeong Hye, Park Se Hee, Kim Kwang Joon, Shin Dong Yeob, Nam Kee Hyun, Chung Woong Youn, Lee Eun Jig
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diffuse lymphocytic infiltration (DLI) is frequently found with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), so there has been long interest in how it affects the characteristics of PTC. This purpose of this study was to define the association between DLI and PTC aggressiveness according to thyroperoxidase antibody (TPOAb) and B-type Raf (BRAF)V600E mutation positivity. METHODS: There were 1879 patients with PTC...
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