Over‐expression of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) and the HGF/SF receptor (cMET) are associated with a high risk of metastasis and recurrence for children and young adults with papillary thyroid carcinoma
Ramirez R, Hsu D, Patel A, Fenton C, Dinauer C, Tuttle R, Francis G. Over‐expression of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) and the HGF/SF receptor (cMET) are associated with a high risk of metastasis and recurrence for children and young adults with papillary thyroid carcinoma. Clinical Endocrinology 2000, 53: 635-644. PMID: 11106926, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01124.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid carcinomaFollicular thyroid carcinomaDisease-free survivalHGF/SF expressionMedullary thyroid carcinomaThyroid carcinomaHepatocyte growth factor/scatter factorGrowth factor/scatter factorYoung adultsFree survivalHigh riskHGF/SF receptorHGF/SFShorter disease-free survivalNormal thyroidExtent of diseaseSF expressionBenign thyroid disordersExpression of cMetIntensity of expressionMalignant thyroid lesionsClinical outcomesRetrospective groupThyroid disordersThyroid cancer