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The Association between Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and Papillary Thyroid Cancer Harboring Mutant BRAF: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Sept 2024
Perampalam Sumathy, Wu Katherine, Gild Matti, Tacon Lyndal, Bullock Martyn, Clifton-Bligh Roderick
Abstract excerpt
Background: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT) co-occur with a prevalence of about 30%. PTC harboring BRAFV600E (PTC-BRAF) confers a worse prognosis, but it is unclear if LT alters prognostic features and recurrence of PTC. Objective: We compared the prevalence of PTC-BRAF with and without LT. The risk of adverse pathological features in (i) PTC in the presence and absence of BRAF...
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