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- Title
Clinical Analysis of BRAF<sup>V600E</sup> Mutation and Its Correlation With Sonographic Image Characteristics in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Chinese Coastal Areas.
- Authors
Si-Yang Dong; Jie Chen; Er-Jie Xia; Ri-Xu Lin; Hai-Yan Du; Ou-Chen Wang; Xiao-Hua Zhang; Ru-Tian Hao; Dong, Si-Yang; Chen, Jie; Xia, Er-Jie; Lin, Ri-Xu; Du, Hai-Yan; Wang, Ou-Chen; Zhang, Xiao-Hua; Hao, Ru-Tian
- Abstract
This study analyzed the characteristics of BRAFV600E mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in Chinese coastal areas. We intended to identify noninvasive methods to determine BRAFV600E status in thyroid nodules prior to surgery. BRAFV600E mutation and the sonographic characteristics of thyroid nodules were investigated in 670 PTC patients in our hospital. We aimed to determine the relationship between BRAFV600E mutation and the clinicopathological and sonographic imaging characteristics of PTC. The mutation rate of the BRAFV600E was 78.2%. BRAFV600E mutation was significantly associated with central node (univariate analyses, P = .005; multivariate analyses, P < .001, odds ratio [OR] = 10.255) and lateral node metastases (univariate analyses, P = .001; multivariate analyses, P < .001, OR = 22). It was less frequent in PTC coexisting with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (univariate analyses, P = .016; multivariate analyses, P < .001, OR = .034). Nodules without blood flow had a significantly higher mutation rate of BRAFV600E in PTC patients (univariate analyses, P = .026). BRAFV600E mutation was significantly associated with high suspicion in the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System 5 (univariate analyses, P = .004; multivariate analyses, P = .014, OR = 6.456). Our results strongly suggest that BRAFV600E mutation plays a potential role in lymph node metastasis (central node metastasis, OR = 10.225; lateral node metastasis, OR = 22). Some sonographic imaging features might be helpful in estimating the status of BRAFV600E preoperatively.
- Subjects
CHINA; BRAF genes; PAPILLARY carcinoma; THYROID cancer; AUTOIMMUNE thyroiditis; UNIVARIATE analysis; MULTIVARIATE analysis; GENETIC mutation; ULTRASONIC imaging; THYROID gland tumors; TRANSFERASES
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2020, Vol 86, Issue 5, p450
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0003134820919734