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. 2017 Jun;18(3):244–254. doi: 10.2174/1389202918666170105094459

Table 3.

Summary of the associations between genetic alterations in mPTC and clinico-pathologic features.

Study Age Gender LNM c Multifocality Extrathyroidal Extension Advanced Disease Stage d Size
RET/PTC rearrangements
Corvi et al. 2001[20] No --- --- --- --- --- No
Bastos et al. 2015 [24] --- --- No --- No No ---
Ras mutation
Bastos et al. 2015 (NRAS) [24] --- --- No --- No No ---
TERT promoter mutation
de Biase et al. 2015 [25] No b No No No --- No No c
BRAF V600E mutation
Kim et al. 2005 [31] No a No No No No No ---
Lupi et al. 2007 [40] No a No No No Yes Yes ---
Rodolico et al. 2007 [41] Yes b No Yes No No --- No g
Ugolini et al. 2007 [36] h No No --- --- --- --- No
Frasca et al. 2008 [42] --- --- No No Yes Yes ---
Min et al. 2008 [44] --- --- No --- --- --- ---
Kwak et al. 2009 [46] No b No No No --- No #
Lee et al. 2009 [47] No b No Yes --- Yes Yes ---
Basolo et al. 2010 [49] Yes a No Yes No Yes Yes ---
Lin et al. 2010 [50] No b No Yes Yes Yes Yes ---
Kurtulmus al 2012 [51] --- --- Yes No No --- ---
Lee et al. 2012 [37] No b No No No No --- No f
Zhou et al. 2012 [52] --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Lim et al. 2013 [57] --- --- Yes --- Yes Yes Yes e
Choi et al. 2013 [58] No a No No No No No ---
Mussazhanova et al. 2013 [35] No b No No --- No --- No e
Rossi et al. 2013 [59] --- --- Yes --- No --- ---
Virk et al. 2013 [33] No a No Yes No Yes --- No f
Zheng et al. 2013 [60] No a Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes f
Chung YJ et al. 2013 [28] --- --- No --- --- --- ---
Chung SY et al. 2013 [61] --- --- No --- --- --- ---
Yang et al. 2014 [64] --- --- Yes --- --- --- ---
Walczyk et al. 2014 [29] No a No No --- --- --- No e
Tallini et al. 2015 [30] Yes b No Yes No Yes Yes Yes f
Yu et al. 2015 [66] --- --- No --- --- --- ---
Bastos et al. 2015 [24] --- --- No --- No No ---
de Biase et al. 2015 [25] No b No Yes No --- Yes Yes e
Total BRAF studies 3/16 1/16 12/25 1/14 9/17 9/13 4/10

Only univariate analysis are shown. No – without statistically significant association; Yes – with statistically significant association; # data not clear; a cut off < or > 45 years old; b mean age; c either for central or lateral LNM; d classified by TNM/AJCC staging system; e cut off mean size; f cut off < or > 5mm; g maximal diameter; h Only occult mPTC.