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Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma of childhood and adolescence: a distinct entity characterized by DICER1 mutations.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Jul 2020
Chernock Rebecca D, Rivera Barbara, Borrelli Nicla, Hill D Ashley, Fahiminiya Somayyeh, Shah Tasha, Chong Anne-Sophie, Aqil Barina, Mehrad Mitra, Giordano Thomas J, Sheridan Rachel, Rutter Meilan M, Dehner Louis P, Foulkes William D, Nikiforov Yuri E
Abstract excerpt
Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas (PDTC) in young individuals are rare and their clinical and histopathologic features, genetic mechanisms, and outcomes remain largely unknown. Here, we report a detailed characterization of a series of six PDTC in patients ≤21 years old defined by Turin diagnostic criteria studied for mutations and gene fusions characteristic of thyroid cancer using targeted...
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