Article
Low rate of ret proto-oncogene activation (PTC/retTPC) in papillary thyroid carcinomas from Saudi Arabia.
Cancer - 1 Jan 1994
Zou M, Shi Y, Farid N R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The ret proto-oncogene activation (PTC/retTPC oncogene) in thyroid papillary carcinoma has been reported in different populations with different frequencies. Thyroid papillary carcinoma appears to behave more aggressively in the Persian Gulf region than elsewhere. In the current study...
Topics
- Carcinoma, Papillary
- Codon
- Drosophila Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Mutation
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Saudi Arabia
- Thyroid Neoplasms
- Transcription, Genetic
