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 riskBRAF