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SUBMITTER: Kasaian K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4399284 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kasaian Katayoon K Chindris Ana-Maria AM Wiseman Sam M SM Mungall Karen L KL Zeng Thomas T Tse Kane K Schein Jacqueline E JE Rivera Michael M Necela Brian M BM Kachergus Jennifer M JM Casler John D JD Mungall Andrew J AJ Moore Richard A RA Marra Marco A MA Copland John A JA Thompson E Aubrey EA Smallridge Robert C RC Jones Steven J M SJ
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 20150127 4
<h4>Context and objective</h4>Oncocytic thyroid carcinoma, also known as Hürthle cell thyroid carcinoma, accounts for only a small percentage of all thyroid cancers. However, this malignancy often presents at an advanced stage and poses unique challenges to patients and clinicians. Surgical resection of the tumor accompanied in some cases by radioactive iodine treatment, radiation, and chemotherapy are the established modes of therapy. Knowledge of the perturbed oncogenic pathways can provide be ...[more]