Prognostic utility of BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid cancer

M Xing - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2010 - Elsevier
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common endocrine malignancy that frequently harbors
the oncogenic T1799A BRAF mutation. As a novel prognostic molecular marker, this …

[HTML][HTML] Patient age–associated mortality risk is differentiated by BRAF V600E status in papillary thyroid cancer

X Shen, G Zhu, R Liu, D Viola, R Elisei… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose For the past 65 years, patient age at diagnosis has been widely used as a major
mortality risk factor in the risk stratification of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), but whether this …

Papillary thyroid carcinoma and microcarcinoma: is there a need to distinguish the two?

N Arora, HK Turbendian, MA Kato, TA Moo, R Zarnegar… - Thyroid, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Background: The clinical significance of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) tumors≤
1 cm is widely debated. The objective of this study was to compare conventional papillary …

Induction of thyroid gene expression and radioiodine uptake in thyroid cancer cells by targeting major signaling pathways

P Hou, E Bojdani, M Xing - The Journal of Clinical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Context: Radioiodine ablation is commonly used to treat thyroid cancer, but a major
challenge is often the loss of radioiodine avidity of the cancer caused by aberrant silencing …

Clinical impact of the detection of BRAF mutations in thyroid pathology: potential usefulness as diagnostic, prognostic and theragnostic applications

S Lassalle, V Hofman, M Ilie, C Butori… - Current medicinal …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
A BRAF somatic mutation at residue 600 of the BRAF protein (BRAFV600E) is highly
prevalent in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). This mutation occurs in approximately …

The impact of thyroid cancer and post-surgical radioactive iodine treatment on the lives of thyroid cancer survivors: a qualitative study

AM Sawka, DP Goldstein, JD Brierley, RW Tsang… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Adjuvant treatment with radioactive iodine (RAI) is often considered in the
treatment of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC). We explored the recollections of …

Risks and adequacy of an optimized surgical approach to the primary surgical management of papillary thyroid carcinoma treated during 1999–2006

CS Grant, JM Stulak, GB Thompson, ML Richards… - World journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Background Intense disease surveillance and frequent lymph node metastases (LNMs) in
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have resulted in increased locoregional recurrences. We …

Role of SPECT/CT in differentiated thyroid cancer

TD Barwick, RT Dhawan… - Nuclear medicine …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Radioiodine scintigraphy and therapy has played a major role in the treatment and follow-up
of thyroid cancer patients for decades. Single-photon emission computed …

The diagnostic and prognostic significance of long noncoding RNAs expression in thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Jing, X Li, R Peng, S Lv, Y Zhang, Z Cao, J Tu… - … -Research and Practice, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common malignant endocrine-related cancer with
an increasing trend worldwide. Therefore, it's in urgent need to find new markers for …

Is basal ultrasensitive measurement of calcitonin capable of substituting for the pentagastrin‐stimulation test?

G Pina, S Dubois, A Murat, N Berger… - Clinical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate a second‐generation assay for basal serum calcitonin (CT)
measurements compared with the pentagastrin‐stimulation test for the diagnosis of inherited …