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STK11 and DNA Repair Gene Mutations Define Hereditary Subset of Middle Eastern Papillary Thyroid Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences - 14 Mar 2026
Bu Rong, Haqawi Wael, Razzaq Eman A Abdul, Azam Saud, Iqbal Kaleem, Qadri Zeeshan, Parvathareddy Sandeep Kumar, Alrasheed Maha, Alobaisi Khadija, Al-Dayel Fouad, Siraj Abdul Khalid, Al-Kuraya Khawla S
Abstract excerpt
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy with especially high incidence in Middle Eastern populations. While classical hereditary syndromes explain a minority of cases, the broader germline landscape of non-syndromic PTC remains unclear. Whole-exome sequencing was performed on 245 unselected Saudi PTC patients to identify germline pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (PVs/LPVs)...
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