Diverse oncogenic fusions and distinct gene expression patterns define the genomic landscape of pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma

A Stosic, F Fuligni, ND Anderson, S Davidson… - Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
Pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma (PPTC) is clinically distinct from adult-onset disease.
Although there are higher rates of metastasis and recurrence in PPTC, prognosis remains …

Integrated DNA and RNA sequencing reveals targetable alterations in metastatic pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma

SL Potter, J Reuther, R Chandramohan… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is clinically and biologically distinct
from adult PTC. We sequenced a cohort of clinically annotated pediatric PTC cases enriched …

Pan-genomic characterization of high-risk pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma

A Stenman, S Backman, K Johansson… - Endocrine-related …, 2021 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Pediatric papillary thyroid carcinomas (pPTCs) are often indolent tumors with excellent long-
term outcome, although subsets of cases are clinically troublesome and recur. Although it is …

RET, NTRK, ALK, BRAF, and MET Fusions in a Large Cohort of Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas

B Pekova, V Sykorova, S Dvorakova, E Vaclavikova… - Thyroid, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is a rare malignancy, but with
increasing incidence. Pediatric PTCs have distinct clinical and pathological features and …

Nodal metastases associated with fusion oncogenes are age dependent in young adult patients with thyroid cancer

H Li, R Han, L Meng, Y Sun, M Zhao… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context Fusion oncogenes, especially those involving RET or NTRK, are known drivers of
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). They are prevalent in pediatric patients and correlate with …

Fusion oncogenes are associated with increased metastatic capacity and persistent disease in pediatric thyroid cancers

AT Franco, JC Ricarte-Filho, A Isaza… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE In 2014, data from a comprehensive multiplatform analysis of 496 adult papillary
thyroid cancer samples reported by The Cancer Genome Atlas project suggested that …

NTRK fusion oncogenes in pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma in northeast United States

ML Prasad, M Vyas, MJ Horne, RK Virk, R Morotti… - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND An increase in thyroid cancers, predominantly papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC), has been recently reported in children. METHODS The histopathology of 28 …

NTRK and RET fusion–directed therapy in pediatric thyroid cancer yields a tumor response and radioiodine uptake

YA Lee, H Lee, SW Im, YS Song, DY Oh… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Molecular characterization in pediatric papillary thyroid cancer (PTC),
distinct from adult PTC, is important for developing molecularly targeted therapies for …

ETV6-NTRK3 and STRN-ALK kinase fusions are recurrent events in papillary thyroid cancer of adult population

AU Bastos, AC de Jesus… - European journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective PTC-specific analysis identified novel fusions involving RET, BRAF, NTRK1,
NTRK3, AGK and ALK genes in adults and pediatric PTCs. Although many novel fusions are …

Molecular alterations in relation to histopathological characteristics in a large series of pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma from a single institution

E Macerola, A Proietti, AM Poma, C Ugolini… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in pediatric patients shows different
characteristics compared with PTC in adults. In this large mono-institutional cohort of …