Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Predicts Prognosis Independent of Histology
Nicolson NG, Murtha TD, Dong W, Paulsson JO, Choi J, Barbieri AL, Brown TC, Kunstman JW, Larsson C, Prasad ML, Korah R, Lifton RP, Juhlin CC, Carling T. Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Predicts Prognosis Independent of Histology. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2018, 103: 2640-2650. PMID: 29726952, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2018-00277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFollicular thyroid carcinomaThyroid carcinomaMutation burdenWorse disease-specific survivalDisease-specific survivalDifferent histopathological subtypesWorld Health Organization guidelinesSomatic mutationsNonsynonymous somatic mutationsHealth Organization guidelinesTotal mutation burdenIndependent predictorsWorse prognosisHistopathological subtypesPatient outcomesHistopathological classificationInvasive subtypesClinicopathologic parametersMutational burdenSurvival analysisSomatic copy number alterationsCopy number alterationsSubtypesOrganization guidelinesMore subclones