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). Most cases of MTC carry mutations in the proto-oncogene known as rearranged during transfection ( RET ), which can be either germline (in ≥95% of patients with hereditary MTC) or somatic (in about half of cases of sporadic MTC) ( 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11
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pT1, N1, M0, G2, R0. Conventional Sanger sequencing (peripheral blood-derived genomic DNA) of the RET (rearranged during transfection) gene identified the well-characterized heterozygous pathogenic missense mutation p.Val804Met (c.2410G>A). Moreover
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Introduction The RET (rearranged during transfection) gene is located on chromosome 10q11.2 straddling a region of around 55,000 bp and is composed of 21 exons. The gene codes for a transmembrane protein belonging to the receptor tyrosine
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information illustrates that the combination of BRAF and TERT promoter mutations confers a particularly aggressive phenotype [ 36 , 37 ]. Other genetic alterations such as RET (rearranged during transfection)/PTC rearrangements [ 38 ], TP53 [ 17 , 39
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neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A) (90–95%) and type 2B (MEN2B) (5–10%), autosomal dominant syndromes caused by a germline mutation in the REarranged during Transfection ( RET ) proto-oncogene [ 1 , 4 - 8 ]. Major studies have shown that age at the time of
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patients. Introduction Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) originates from thyroid C cells producing calcitonin (CTN) and is classified as a neuroendocrine tumor. MTC can be sporadic or hereditary, with the rearranged during transfection proto
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the rearranged-during-transfection (RET) proto-oncogene as a rational therapeutic target in MTC [ 1 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. In addition to RET, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) likely
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mutation of the REarranged during Transfection ( RET ) proto-oncogene, mostly located in the extracellular, cysteine-rich region of exon 10 (including codons 609, 611, 618 and 620) and exon 11 (including codons 630 and 634) of the gene ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
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]. RET (rearranged during transfection) proto-oncogene mutations play a key role in the pathogenesis of the disease. RET encodes a single-pass transmembrane protein receptor that belongs to receptor tyrosine kinase family. Activating germline mutations
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-thyroidal extension and massive lymph node metastases pT1b(s)N1b (AJCC/TNM cancer staging system 8th edition) [ 7 ]. Germline REarranged during Transfection ( RET ) gene analysis was negative. After a 3-year period of complete remission (calcitonin: 1 pg/mL), a