Genomic landscape of poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

B Xu, R Ghossein - Endocrine pathology, 2016 - Springer
Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) are
aggressive thyroid tumors associated with a high mortality rate of 38–57% and almost 100 …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic and transcriptomic hallmarks of poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers

I Landa, T Ibrahimpasic, L Boucai… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND. Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer (PDTC) and anaplastic thyroid cancer
(ATC) are rare and frequently lethal tumors that so far have not been subjected to …

ENDOCRINE TUMOURS: Genetic predictors of thyroid cancer outcome

C Tavares, M Melo… - European journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genetic predictors of outcome are reviewed in the context of a disease–cancer–that can be
(too) simplistically described as a 'successful, invasive clone of our own tissues'. Context has …

MicroRNAs in the thyroid

M Boufraqech, J Klubo-Gwiezdzinska… - Best Practice & Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA comprising approximately 19–25
nucleotides. miRNAs can act as tumour suppressors or oncogenes, and aberrant expression …

Targeted next-generation sequencing for TP53, RAS, BRAF, ALK and NF1 mutations in anaplastic thyroid cancer

S Latteyer, V Tiedje, K König, S Ting, LC Heukamp… - Endocrine, 2016 - Springer
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is the most aggressive thyroid cancer with a median
survival of 4–6 months. Identification of mutations contributing to aberrant activation of …

Oncogenic mutant p53 gain of function nourishes the vicious cycle of tumor development and cancer stem-cell formation

Y Shetzer, A Molchadsky… - Cold Spring …, 2016 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
More than half of human tumors harbor an inactivated p53 tumor-suppressor gene. It is well
accepted that mutant p53 shows an oncogenic gain-of-function (GOF) activity that facilitates …

TSH overcomes BrafV600E-induced senescence to promote tumor progression via downregulation of p53 expression in papillary thyroid cancer

M Zou, EY Baitei, RA Al-Rijjal, RS Parhar… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The BRAF V600E mutation is found in approximately 40% of papillary thyroid
cancers (PTC). Mice with thyroid-specific expression of Braf V600E (TPO–Braf V600E) …

BRAF inhibition in BRAF V600E-positive anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

AM Lim, GR Taylor, A Fellowes, L Cameron… - Journal of the National …, 2016 - jnccn.org
The efficacy of targeted monotherapy for BRAF V600E-positive anaplastic thyroid
carcinomas (ATC) is not established. We report 2 cases of BRAF V600E-positive ATC …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of glutamine metabolism-related proteins in thyroid cancer

HM Kim, YK Lee, JS Koo - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose This study aimed to investigate the expression of glutamine metabolism-related
protein in tumor and stromal compartments among the histologic subtypes of thyroid cancer …

Current standards in treatment of radioiodine refractory thyroid cancer

S Narayanan, AD Colevas - Current treatment options in oncology, 2016 - Springer
Opinion Statement Radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RAI-R DTC) is a
challenging malignancy with limited prognosis and treatment options. Recently, clinical trials …