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15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology

Symposia

New insights in thyroid cancer diagnosis

ea0029s61.1 | New insights in thyroid cancer diagnosis | ICEECE2012

BRAF(T1799A) can be detected in the blood of papillary thyroid carcinoma patients and correlates with disease status

Zatelli M.

The worldwide incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing during the last years and is a public health concern because treatment of thyroid cancer implies high health costs and may raise overtreatment issues. On the other hand, effective medical treatment for advanced disease escaping radiometabolic treatment and not amenable for surgical approach is still lacking. Current methods of detection, decision making, prognostic indications, and monitoring rely on clinical, morph...