ea0037oc6.4 | Thyroid | ECE2015
Kowalska Aldona
, Kopczynski Janusz
, Kowalik Artur
, Gasior-Perczak Danuta
, Palyga Iwona
, Lizis-Kolus Katarzyna
, Waligorski Dariusz
, Szyska-Skrobot Dorta
, Walczyk Agnieszka
, Hurej Stefan
, Chil Agnieszka
, Chodurska Renata
, Chlopek Malgorzata
, Wypiorkiewicz Elzbieta
, Nowak Ewelina
, Gozdz Stanislaw
Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNACC) is the basic tool used in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer (TC) in nodular goitre. FNACC does not allow for the establishment of a clear diagnosis in 1530% of cases (mainly follicular lesions). Molecular biology techniques can be useful, allowing for the detection, in FNACC smears, of the known mutations involved in the oncogenesis.Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of the detection of the BRAF muta...