BRAFV600E-induced KRT19 expression in thyroid cancer promotes lymph node metastasis via EMT

Xuhong Wang1, Xiaoqin Xu2, Chen Peng1

  • 1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Shanxi Cancer Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030013, P.R. China.

Oncology Letters
|July 11, 2019
PubMed

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