BRAF V600E mutation independently predicts central compartment lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-4

  Zeiger, Martha A ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871813479     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2614-x     Document Type: Editorial

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