BRAFV600E mutation is highly prevalent in thyroid carcinomas in the young population in Fukushima: a different oncogenic profile from Chernobyl

After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the thyroid ultrasound screening program for children aged 0–18 at the time of the accident was started from October 2011. The prevalence of thyroid carcinomas in that population has appeared to be very high (84 cases per 296,253). To...

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Main Authors: Mitsutake, Norisato, Fukushima, Toshihiko, Matsuse, Michiko, Rogounovitch, Tatiana, Saenko, Vladimir, Uchino, Shinya, Ito, Masahiro, Suzuki, Keiji, Suzuki, Shinichi, Yamashita, Shunichi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4653756/