ea0022p789 | Thyroid | ECE2010
Rossi Martina
, Trasforini Giorgio
, Leoni Stefania
, Tagliati Federico
, Rossi Roberta
, Roti Elio
, degli Uberti Ettore C
, Zatelli Maria Chiara
Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) represents the majority of differentiated thyroid cancers, presenting in 2983% of cases the activating BRAF V600E mutation. The aim of our study was to analyse the influence of BRAF V600E mutation analysis on diagnostic accuracy of fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) in clinically unsuspected thyroid nodules. We therefore enrolled 496 patients (383 females, 113 males; mean age 52 years), for a total of 671 samples. FNAB were evaluated by...