Microsatellite Instability Occurs in a Subset of Follicular Thyroid Cancers

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BACKGROUND: Inactivation of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) and the resulting microsatellite instability (MSI) are frequently observed in endometrial, stomach, and colorectal cancers, as well as more rarely in other solid tumor types. The prevalence of MSI in thyroid cancer has not been explored in depth, although recent studies utilizing data from large cancer sequencing efforts such as The Cancer Genome Atlas...

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