Update on anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: Morphological, molecular, and genetic features of the most aggressive thyroid cancer

International Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ragazzi, Moira ^a   Ciarrocchi, Alessia ^a   Sancisi, Valentina ^a   Gandolfi, Greta ^a   Bisagni, Alessandra ^a   Piana, Simonetta ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE 3 KINASE; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANAPLASTIC SPINDLE CELL SQUAMOUS THYROID CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CTNNB1 GENE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GENE MUTATION; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSTEOCLAST; PIK3CA GENE; REVIEW; SARCOMATOID ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA; SARCOMATOID CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOID CELL; TERT GENE; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84907416676     PISSN: 16878337     EISSN: 16878345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/790834     Document Type: Review

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