Molecular genetics of human thyroid neoplasms.

doi:10.1146/annurev.med.45.1.45

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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...

Topics

DNA, Neoplasm
Female
Genes, Tumor Suppressor
Humans
Male
Molecular Biology
Mutation
Oncogenes
Thyroid Neoplasms

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