2010
A KRAS-Variant in Ovarian Cancer Acts as a Genetic Marker of Cancer Risk
Ratner E, Lu L, Boeke M, Barnett R, Nallur S, Chin LJ, Pelletier C, Blitzblau R, Tassi R, Paranjape T, Hui P, Godwin AK, Yu H, Risch H, Rutherford T, Schwartz P, Santin A, Matloff E, Zelterman D, Slack FJ, Weidhaas JB. A KRAS-Variant in Ovarian Cancer Acts as a Genetic Marker of Cancer Risk. Cancer Research 2010, 70: 6509-6515. PMID: 20647319, PMCID: PMC2923587, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-0689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancerKRAS-variantOC patientsCancer riskRisk of OCIndependent case-control analysesCase-control studyOvarian cancer syndromeCase-control analysisFamily membersAdvanced diseaseWomen's cancersRisk factorsBRCA2 mutationsHBOC patientsOC casesIndependent cohortHBOC familiesHereditary breastSolid tumorsCancer syndromesKRAS oncogeneVariant allelesPatientsCancer
2002
Assessment of RET/PTC Oncogene Activation and Clonality in Thyroid Nodules with Incomplete Morphological Evidence of Papillary Carcinoma A Search for the Early Precursors of Papillary Cancer
Fusco A, Chiappetta G, Hui P, Garcia-Rostan G, Golden L, Kinder BK, Dillon DA, Giuliano A, Cirafici AM, Santoro M, Rosai J, Tallini G. Assessment of RET/PTC Oncogene Activation and Clonality in Thyroid Nodules with Incomplete Morphological Evidence of Papillary Carcinoma A Search for the Early Precursors of Papillary Cancer. American Journal Of Pathology 2002, 160: 2157-2167. PMID: 12057919, PMCID: PMC1850819, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61164-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3T3 CellsAnimalsBase SequenceCarcinoma, PapillaryCloning, MolecularDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic MarkersHumansMembrane ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNeoplasm InvasivenessNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsOncogene ProteinsOncogene Proteins, FusionPatched ReceptorsPatched-1 ReceptorProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retRabbitsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, Cell SurfaceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionThyroid NeoplasmsThyroid NoduleTranscription FactorsConceptsLaser capture microdissectionPapillary cancerRET/PTC1RET immunoreactivityThyroid nodulesCarcinoma featuresMicroscopic fociPapillary carcinomaInvasive papillary cancerCytological alterationsReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionRET activationRET/PTC3 rearrangementsTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionRET/PTC3Analysis of clonalityRET/PTC oncogene activationPrecursor lesionsEntire lesionTumor fociPolyclonal tumorsAdenomatous nodulesMorphological changesSame tumorMorphological signs