B-RAF mutations in the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis of thyroid carcinomas

Title: B-RAF mutations in the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis of thyroid carcinomas

Author: Trovisco, Vítor / Soares, Paula / Sobrinho-Simões, Manuel

Reference: Human Pathology, 37 (7), p.781-786, Jul 2006

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.03.013

Keywords: Thyroid; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Oncogene; B-RAF

Abstract: …In 2002, the Cancer Genome Project…B-RAF mutations in thyroid tumors RAS mutations…PTC arising in the Chernobyl setting—the…carcinomas of the thyroid. Several drugs…effective treatments in thyroid cancer in the future.

URL:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0046817706001870