Open AccessFamilial nonmedullar thyroid cancer in sibling boys
Author(s) -
V.G. Polyakov,
D. Ye. Shilin,
A. I. Pavlovskaya,
Р. В. Шишков
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11678
Subject(s) - thyroid , sibling , thyroid cancer , somatic cell , medicine , cancer , pathology , cancer research , oncology , endocrinology , biology , gene , genetics , developmental psychology , psychology
A modern understanding of the origin of thyroid cancer (thyroid gland) is closely related to the ideas about the role of random somatic mutations in thyroid epithelial cells. For this reason, most cases of cancer of the thyroid gland - regardless of the histological variant - is sporadic.