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ea0026p473 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2011

Clinicopathologic significance of BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Sastre J , Campos Y , LLamazares O , Orradre J L , Vicente A , Marco A , Aso S , Lopez J

Background: Thyroid carcinoma is the most common endocrine malignancy. BRAF (V600E) mutation is the most frequent detected genetic change in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). There are some discrepancies regarding the overall frequency of the mutation, its prevalence in PTC-variants and its relationship with clinicopathological parameters of poor outcome.Aims: To investigate the relationship of clinicopathological features of PTC with BRAF mutation wit...