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Preferred term

Thyroid Cancer, Papillary  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An ADENOCARCINOMA that originates from follicular cells of the THYROID GLAND and accounts for the majority of THYROID CANCER cases. Cells exhibit enlarged, oval, or elongated morphologies with clear, round, nuclei. Fusions of RET, NTRK1, TPM3, and PCM1 genes are associated with this cancer.

Entry terms

  • Papillary Carcinoma Of Thyroid
  • Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Thyroid Carcinoma, Papillary

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CLZ6RHLJ-K

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