ea0056oc9.3 | Thyroid from basics to clinics | ECE2018
Jakubikova Iva
, Schoultz Elin
, Johansson Ellen
, Liang Shawn
, Patyra Konrad
, Kero Jukka
, Zak Pavel
, Nilsson Mikael
Introduction: Worldwide constantly rising incidence of thyroid cancer promotes research activities. Nowadays the most speculated issue is the clinical significance of BRAF mutation. For sure BRAF mutation is a cancer-specific somatic mutation consistent with papillary thyroid cancer phenotype, otherwise, its role in tumor aggressiveness, progression, and the overall poor outcome is controversial. As far as several clinical studies claim opposing opinions, the learning aspect o...