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ArticleJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2018

Patient Age-Associated Mortality Risk Is Differentiated by BRAF V600E Status in Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Xiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, David Viola, Rossella Elisei, Efisio Puxeddu, Laura Fugazzola, Carla Colombo, Barbara Jarzab, Agnieszka Czarniecka and 12 more

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Article in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Xiaopei ShenXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Guangwu ZhuXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Rengyun LiuXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
David ViolaXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Rossella EliseiXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Efisio PuxedduXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Laura FugazzolaXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Carla ColomboXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Barbara JarzabXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Agnieszka CzarnieckaXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Alfred K LamXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Caterina MianXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Federica VianelloXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Linwah YipXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Garcilaso Riesco-EizaguirreXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Pilar SantistebanXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Christine J O'NeillXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Mark S SywakXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Roderick Clifton-BlighXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Bela BendlovaXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vlasta SýkorováXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Mingzhao XingXiaopei Shen, Guangwu Zhu, Rengyun Liu, and Mingzhao Xing, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; David Viola and Rossella Elisei, University of Pisa, Pisa; Efisio Puxeddu, University of Perugia, Perugia; Laura Fugazzola and Carla Colombo, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Auxologico Italiano and University of Milan, Milan; Caterina Mian, University of Padua; Federica Vianello, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padua, Italy; Barbara Jarzab and Agnieszka Czarniecka, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland; Alfred K. Lam, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland; Christine J. O'Neill, Mark S. Sywak, and Roderick Clifton-Bligh, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Linwah Yip, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre, Hospital Universitario La Paz and Hospital Universitario de Móstoles; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Biomedical Research Institute "Alberto Sols," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Garcilaso Riesco-Eizaguirre and Pilar Santisteban, Ciberonc, Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; and Bela Bendlova and Vlasta Sýkorová, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Genetic & Epigenetic Events in Papillary Thyroid CancerR01CA113507 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI XING, MICHAEL MINGZHAO · 2006 to 2015
$2.2M
TERT Promoter Mutations in Thyroid CancerR01CA189224 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI XING, MICHAEL MINGZHAO · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Older Age and BRAF-positivity as Risk Modifiers for Papillary Thyroid CancerR03AG042334 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI YIP, LIN · 2012 to 2013
$148k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA113507NCI NIH HHS R01 CA189224NIA NIH HHS R03 AG042334
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Abstract

Purpose For the past 65 years, patient age at diagnosis has been widely used as a major mortality risk factor in the risk stratification of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), but whether this is generally applicable, particularly in patients with different BRAF genetic backgrounds, is unclear. The current study was designed to test whether patient age at diagnosis is a major mortality risk factor. Patients and Methods We conducted a comparative study of the relationship between patient age at diagnosis and PTC-specific mortality with respect to BRAF status in 2,638 patients (623 men and 2,015 women) with a median age of 46 years (interquartile range, 35 to 58 years) at diagnosis and a median follow-up time of 58 months (interquartile range, 26 to 107 months). Eleven medical centers from six countries participated in this study. Results There was a linear association between patient age and mortality in patients with BRAF V600E mutation, but not in patients with wild-type BRAF, in whom the mortality rate remained low and flat with increasing age. Kaplan-Meier survival curves rapidly declined with increasing age in patients with BRAF V600E mutation but did not decline in patients with wild-type BRAF, even beyond age 75 years. The association between mortality and age in patients with BRAF V600E was independent of clinicopathologic risk factors. Similar results were observed when only patients with the conventional variant of PTC were analyzed. Conclusion The long-observed age-associated mortality risk in PTC is dependent on BRAF status; age is a strong, continuous, and independent mortality risk factor in patients with BRAF V600E mutation but not in patients with wild-type BRAF. These results question the conventional general use of patient age as a high-risk factor in PTC and call for differentiation between patients with BRAF V600E and wild-type BRAF when applying age to risk stratification and management of PTC.

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AdultAge FactorsAge of OnsetFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

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