Tumorigenesis of papillary thyroid cancer is not BRAF-dependent in patients with acromegaly.

INTRODUCTION:Several studies have reported a high frequency of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in patients with acromegaly. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of thyroid cancer in patients with acromegaly and to investigate the frequency of the BRAFV600E mutation in...

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Main Authors: Hee Kyung Kim, Ji Shin Lee, Min Ho Park, Jin Seong Cho, Jee Hee Yoon, Soo Jeong Kim, Ho-Cheol Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4201528?pdf=render