BRAF mutation predicts a poorer clinical prognosis for papillary thyroid cancer

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 6373-6379

  Xing, Mingzhao ^a   Westra, William H ^a   Tufano, Ralph P ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a   Rosenbaum, Eli ^a   Rhoden, Kerry J ^b   Carson, Kathryn A ^d   Vasko, Vasily ^e   Larin, Alexandr ^f   Tallini, Giovanni ^b,c   Tolaney, Sara ^a   Holt, Elizabeth H ^b   Hui, Pei ^b   Umbricht, Christopher B ^a   Basaria, Shehzad ^g   Ewertz, Marge ^a   Tufaro, Anthony P ^a   Califano, Joseph A ^a   Ringel, Matthew D ^h   Zeiger, Martha A ^a   Sidransky, David ^a   Ladenson, Paul W ^a   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Transplantation of Endocrine Organs and Tissues   (Ukraine)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; THYROID CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28744442816     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0987     Document Type: Article

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