Article
BROX haploinsufficiency in familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jan 2021
Pasquali D, Torella A, Accardo G, Esposito D, Del Vecchio Blanco F, Salvatore D, Sabatino P, Pacini F, Barbato F, Castagna M G, Cantara S, Nigro V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer (FNMTC) is suspected to be a Mendelian condition in up to 3-8% of thyroid cancers. The susceptibility chromosomal loci and genes of 95% of FNMTC cases remain to be characterized. The inheritance of FNMTC appears to be autosomal dominant with incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. The finding of the causative gene of FNMTC and the identification of...
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