Article
Molecular genetics of human thyroid neoplasms.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 1994
Fagin J A
Abstract excerpt
Cancers are thought to develop as a result of sequential mutations of genes important in the control of cellular growth. Recently investigators identified a number of genetic defects that affect oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes and that provide insight into the biology of benign and malignant thyroid neoplasms. Future implications for thyroid tumor diagnosis and prognosis are considered in this chapter.
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