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ArticleOncology letters2016

B-Raf mutation and papillary thyroid carcinoma patients.

Lixin Jiang, Haidi Chu, Haitao Zheng

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Article in Oncology letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Therapeutic advances of targeting receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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  2. Understanding Malignancies of the Thyroid Gland: Institutional Experience.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lixin JiangDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong 264000, P.R. China.
Haidi ChuDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong 264000, P.R. China.
Haitao ZhengDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yantai, Shandong 264000, P.R. China.
Qingdao University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid carcinoma is the most prevalent endocrine neoplasm globally. In the majority of thyroid carcinoma cases, a positive prognosis is predicted following administration of the appropriate treatment. A wide range of genetic alterations present in thyroid carcinoma exert their oncogenic actions partially through the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, with the B-Raf mutation in particular being focused on by experts for decades. The B-Raf gene has numerous mutations, however, V600E presents with the highest frequency. It is believed that the existence of the V600E mutation may demonstrate an association with the clinicopathological characteristics of patients, however, inconsistencies remain in the literature. A number of explanatory theories have been presented in order to resolve these discrepancies. Recently, it has been suggested that the V600E mutation may function as a target in a novel approach that may aid the diagnosis and prognosis of thyroid carcinoma, with a number of vying methods put forward to that effect. The current review aims to assist researchers in further understanding the possible association between B-Raf mutations and thyroid carcinoma.

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B-RafV600E mutationclinicopathological characteristicsdetectionpapillary thyroid cancertreatment

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PMID27073540
PMCPMC4812206
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