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ea0040p1 | (1) | ESEBEC2016

Genetic heterogeneity of medullary thyroid carcinoma

Romei Cristina , Ciampi Raffaele , Tacito Alessia , Casella Francesca , Ugolini Clara , Porta Mireira , Torregrossa Liborio , Basolo Fulvio , Elisei Rossella

Genetic intratumor heterogeneity has been recently demonstrated in some solid human cancers and a few years ago RET mutated and not mutated cells were described in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Nobody reported the presence of two different RET mutations.Aim of our study was to investigate the RET somatic mutation profile in primary MTC (pMTC) and in the corresponding metastatic tissues (mets).We studied pMTC and mets of 22 MTC...