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Presumed Pathogenic Germ Line and Somatic Variants in African American Thyroid Cancer.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Mar 2024
Hurst Zachary A, Liyanarachchi Sandya, Brock Pamela, He Huiling, Nabhan Fadi, Veloski Colleen, Toland Amanda E, Ringel Matthew D, Jhiang Sissy M
Abstract excerpt
Background: African American (AA) thyroid cancer patients have worse prognoses than European Americans (EA), which has been attributed to both health care disparities and possible genetic differences. We investigated the impact of both germ line and somatic variants on clinical outcome in a cohort of AA nonmedullary thyroid cancer (NMTC) patients who had received therapeutic intervention from cancer centers....
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