TERT Promoter Mutations Were Not Found in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas That Showed Disease Progression on Active Surveillance

Thyroid. 2017 Sep;27(9):1206-1207. doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0645. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

Authors

Tomonori Yabuta¹, Michiko Matsuse², Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa³, Shunichi Yamashita^{2

4}, Norisato Mitsutake², Akira Miyauchi¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital , Kobe, Japan .
² 2 Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki, Japan .
³ 3 Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kuma Hospital , Kobe, Japan .
⁴ 4 Department of Radiation Molecular Epidemiology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University , Nagasaki, Japan .

PMID: 28614984
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2016.0645

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Papillary / genetics*
Carcinoma, Papillary / pathology
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation*
Promoter Regions, Genetic*
Telomerase / genetics*
Thyroid Neoplasms / genetics*
Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology
Young Adult

Substances

TERT protein, human
Telomerase

Supplementary concepts

Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma