2017
Role of molecular markers to predict distant metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: Promising value of TERT promoter mutations and insignificant role of BRAF mutations—a meta-analysis
Vuong H, Altibi A, Duong U, Ngo H, Pham T, Tran H, Oishi N, Mochizuki K, Nakazawa T, Hassell L, Katoh R, Kondo T. Role of molecular markers to predict distant metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: Promising value of TERT promoter mutations and insignificant role of BRAF mutations—a meta-analysis. Tumor Biology 2017, 39: 1010428317713913. PMID: 29037127, DOI: 10.1177/1010428317713913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerTERT promoter mutationsDistant metastasisThyroid cancerPromoter mutationsRET/PTC rearrangementsBRAF mutationsPresence of distant metastasesAssessment of patient prognosisTumor risk stratificationAssociated with distant metastasisPapillary thyroid carcinomaMeta-analysisPredicting distant metastasisAssociation of BRAFRandom-effects modelThyroid carcinomaTERT promoterRisk stratificationPatient prognosisRAS mutationsAdverse outcomesMetastasisIncreased riskBRAFBRAF Mutation is Associated with an Improved Survival in Glioma—a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Vuong H, Altibi A, Duong U, Ngo H, Pham T, Fung K, Hassell L. BRAF Mutation is Associated with an Improved Survival in Glioma—a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Molecular Neurobiology 2017, 55: 3718-3724. PMID: 28534272, DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0599-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalKaplan Meier curveOverall survivalBRAF V600EPrognostic valueBRAF mutationsGlioma patientsImproved survivalData of hazard ratioHazard ratioYoung adult gliomasImproved overall survivalMeta-analysisInverse variance methodLow grade gliomasVirtual Health LibraryPrognosis of glioma patientsRandom-effects modelPrognostic impactPrognostic factorsTumor gradeFavorable prognosisPatient ageAdult gliomasPooled HR
2016
The changing characteristics and molecular profiles of papillary thyroid carcinoma over time - a systematic review
Vuong H, Altibi A, Abdelhamid A, Ngoc P, Quan V, Tantawi M, Elfil M, Le Huy Vu T, Elgebaly A, Oishi N, Nakazawa T, Hirayama K, Katoh R, Huy N, Kondo T. The changing characteristics and molecular profiles of papillary thyroid carcinoma over time - a systematic review. Oncotarget 2016, 5: 10637-10649. PMID: 27793009, PMCID: PMC5354688, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, PapillaryChi-Square DistributionFemaleGene RearrangementGenes, rasGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPhenotypeProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retRisk FactorsThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsTime FactorsTranscriptomeConceptsPapillary thyroid carcinomaMolecular profilingThyroid carcinomaClinicopathological featuresGenetic alterationsRisk factors of thyroid cancerPapillary thyroid carcinoma patientsSystematic reviewSurgical time periodStudent's t-testTumorigenesis of papillary thyroid carcinomaRET/PTC rearrangementsModification of patientsPearson chi-squareTeam of reviewersClinicopathological characteristicsPTC patientsBRAF mutationsThyroid cancerRAS mutationsScreened titlesRisk factorsInclusion criteriaElectronic databasesPotential articles