title: Cancer: Small papillary thyroid cancers--is BRAF of prognostic value?
abstract: The growing incidence in thyroid cancer results mainly from the detection of small or very small papillary thyroid carcinomas. The management of patients with such small tumors represents a major clinical challenge. Could evaluation of the BRAF status of such tumors aid risk stratification and patient management?
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobrinho-Simões
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D048493:Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: C482119:BRAF protein, human; D048493:Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf