Highly prevalent V600E and low-frequency promoter mutations underlie papillary thyroid carcinoma in Koreans

• Main Authors: Sue Youn Kim (Author), Taeeun Kim (Author), Kwangsoon Kim (Author), Ja Seong Bae (Author), Jeong Soo Kim (Author), Chan Kwon Jung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pathologists & the Korean Society for Cytopathology, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background The presence of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutations have been associated with a poor prognosis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). The frequency of TERT promoter mutations varies widely depending on the population and the nature of the study. Method...