Article
Expression of papillary thyroid carcinoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A.
Surgery - 1 Dec 1993
Decker R A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ret protooncogene (RET), shown to be rearranged in human papillary thyroid cancers (PTC), has been mapped by in situ hybridization to 10q11.2 near the predisposition locus for the inherited cancer syndrome multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2). To date PTC has not been an observed characteristic of MEN 2; however, linkage studies in affected families have shown no meiotic recombinants...
Topics
- Adult
- Carcinoma, Papillary
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Probes
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Thyroid Neoplasms
