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ArticleTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2016

Mutant-specific BRAF and CD117 immunocytochemistry potentially facilitate risk stratification for papillary thyroid carcinoma in fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens.

Zhilan Meng, Junliang Lu, Huanwen Wu, Yu Zhao, Yufeng Luo, Jie Gao, Qingli Zhu, Yuxin Jiang, Wenbo Li, Zhiyong Liang

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Article in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Zhilan MengDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Junliang LuDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Huanwen WuDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Yu ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Yufeng LuoDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Jie GaoDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Qingli ZhuDepartment of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Yuxin JiangDepartment of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Wenbo LiDepartment of Ultrasound, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
Zhiyong LiangDepartment of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1#Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China. liangzhiyong1220@yahoo.com.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CN

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Abstract

The study aims to test whether combination of mutant-specific BRAF and CD117 immunocytochemical (ICC) staining stratifies probability for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) specimens. A consecutive cohort of cases diagnosed as atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) or suspicious for malignancy-suspicious for papillary thyroid carcinoma (SM-SPTC) from 30 December, 2011 to 23 October, 2014 in a single institute was enrolled. Forty cytologically benign and 50 cytologically diagnosed PTC within the same time span were also included. CD117 and mutant-specific BRAF (BRAF VE1) ICC staining was performed. Association of BRAF VE1 and CD117 expression with final diagnosis was analyzed. Both BRAF VE1 and CD117 showed good performance in distinguishing PTC from benign nodules. Combination of BRAF VE1 and CD117 stratified 180 cases into three categories: BRAF VE1 positive regardless of CD117 expression (ICC-malignant), BRAF VE1 negative plus low level of CD117 expression (ICC-intermediate), and BRAF VE1 negative plus high level of CD117 expression (ICC-benign), which was associated with 100, 75.6, and 0 % of malignancy. Combination of mutant-specific BRAF and CD117 ICC may potentially facilitate the PTC risk stratification in FNAB thyroid nodule specimens.

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MutationAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBiopsy, Fine-NeedleCarcinomaCarcinoma, PapillaryFemaleGene ExpressionHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitReproducibility of ResultsBiomarkers, TumorProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitBRAFCD117Fine-needle aspirationImmunocytochemistryPapillary thyroid carcinoma

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PMID26240026
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