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ReviewEndocrine pathology2021

Molecular Pathology of Non-familial Follicular Epithelial-Derived Thyroid Cancer in Adults: From RAS/BRAF-like Tumor Designations to Molecular Risk Stratification.

Paula Soares, Antónia Afonso Póvoa, Miguel Melo, João Vinagre, Valdemar Máximo, Catarina Eloy, José Manuel Cameselle-Teijeiro, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões

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Review in Endocrine pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Aggressive follicular cell derived thyroid carcinoma: what do you need from the pathologist.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  5. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals and thyroid cancer.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025
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  10. The Spectrum of Endocrine Pathology.Endocrine pathology · 2023
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  12. Does the likelihood of malignancy in thyroid nodules with RAS mutations increase in direct proportion with the allele frequency percentage?Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Paula Soares *i3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal. psoares@ipatimup.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-6998
Antónia Afonso Póvoai3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Miguel Meloi3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-1380
João Vinagrei3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Valdemar Máximoi3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
Catarina Eloyi3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.
José Manuel Cameselle-TeijeiroDepartment of Pathology, Clinical University Hospital, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Galician Healthcare Service (SERGAS), University of Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-8914
Manuel Sobrinho-Simõesi3S - Instituto de Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde, Universidade Do Porto, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review addresses the impact of molecular alterations on the diagnosis and prognosis of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), including papillary, follicular, and well-differentiated carcinoma NOS, as well as oncocytic neoplasms. The molecular characterization of DTC is based upon the well-established dichotomy of BRAF-like and RAS-like designations, together with a remaining third group, less homogeneous, composed of non-BRAF-/non-RAS-like tumors. The role of BRAF V600E mutation in risk stratification is discussed in the clinico-pathological context, namely, staging and invasive features of classic papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and histopathological variants carrying an excellent prognosis (microPTC) or a guarded prognosis, including the aggressive variants tall cell and hobnail cell PTCs. In follicular patterned tumors, namely, follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), with or without oncocytic features, the most prevalent molecular alteration are RAS mutations that do not carry prognostic significance. The only genetic alteration that has been proven to play a role in risk stratification of PTC and FTC is TERT promoter (TERTp) mutation.

Indexed as

Adenocarcinoma, FollicularAdultHumansProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafRisk AssessmentThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAFOutcomePrognosisTERTThyroid cancer

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