Low Prevalence of Somatic Promoter Mutations in Classic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

BackgroundTranscriptional activating mutations of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) are associated with more aggressive thyroid cancer. We evaluated the significance of TERT promoter mutations in Korean patients with classic papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).MethodsGenomic DNA was isolated from f...

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Main Authors: Min Ji Jeon, Won Gu Kim, Soyoung Sim, Seonhee Lim, Hyemi Kwon, Tae Yong Kim, Young Kee Shong, Won Bae Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academya Publishing Co. 2016-03-01
Series:Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://e-enm.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/2008ENM/enm-31-100.pdf