Prevalence of BRAFV600E Mutation in Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Non-Invasive Follicular Tumor with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features (NIFTP) in a BRAFV600E Prevalent Area.

Conclusion: The BRAFV600E mutation is prevalent in Korean patients with FVPTC in a region with high frequency of the BRAFV600E mutation and very low prevalence of NIFTP compared with that reported in western studies. PMID: 29962924 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: J Korean Med Sci - July 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kim H, Kim BH, Kim YK, Kim JM, Oh SY, Kim EH, Lee MJ, Kim JH, Jeon YK, Kim SS, Lee BJ, Kim YK, Kim IJ Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research