BRAF V600E mutation in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a genotype–phenotype correlation
Virk RK, Van Dyke AL, Finkelstein A, Prasad A, Gibson J, Hui P, Theoharis CG, Carling T, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Udelsman R, Prasad ML. BRAF V600E mutation in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a genotype–phenotype correlation. Modern Pathology 2012, 26: 62-70. PMID: 22918165, DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid microcarcinomaThyroid microcarcinomaPapillary thyroid carcinomaFollicular variantThyroid carcinomaLateral cervical node metastasesOsteoclastic-type giant cellsCervical node metastasisInfiltrative tumor borderGroup of tumorsBRAF V600E mutationClassic nuclear featuresGenotype-phenotype correlationStromal calcificationLymphovascular invasionNode metastasisClinicopathologic featuresLymphocytic infiltrationAggressive featuresTumor sizeCystic changesPapillary microcarcinomaAbsence of mutationsHigh prevalenceMicrocarcinomaBRAF mutation testing in clinical practice
Ziai J, Hui P. BRAF mutation testing in clinical practice. Expert Review Of Molecular Diagnostics 2012, 12: 127-138. PMID: 22369373, DOI: 10.1586/erm.12.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHairy cell leukemiaBRAF mutation testingPapillary thyroid carcinomaMalignant melanomaThyroid carcinomaCell leukemiaClinical practiceCutaneous malignant melanomaSerine/threonine-protein kinase BRAFCurrent clinical practiceImportant biological markerMEK/ERKTreatment paradigmClinical trialsHigh prevalenceBRAF inhibitorsBRAF mutationsMutation testingPrecision cancer therapyTherapeutic guidanceMutant BRAFLethal diseaseBiological markersCancerHuman cancers