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Spontaneous Murine Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Published on: February 3, 2023
NTRK-fusions in pediatric thyroid tumors: Current state and future perspectives
Victoria Casado-Medrano1, Alison O'Neill1, Stephen Halada1
1Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 816-C, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Abstract:
Pediatric and adult papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) share many similar oncogenic drivers, but differ in the pathological features and outcomes of the disease. The most frequent genetic alterations in adult PTCs are mutually exclusive point mutations in BRAF or the RAS family. In pediatric PTC, fusion oncogenes involving chromosomal translocations in tyrosine kinase (TK) receptors, most commonly RET and NTRK, are the most common genetic alterations observed. This review of the literature describes the current state of translational research in pediatric NTRK-driven thyroid cancer and highlights opportunities to improve our understanding and current models of pediatric PTC.
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