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Interpretation 306
Tier 2
EGFR
Variants
Primary Sites
Thyroid
Tumor Types
Papillary Carcinoma
Follicular Carcinoma
Interpretation

EGFR mutations have been reported in 1-3% of thyroid cancers. The prognostic and predictive significance of EGFR mutations in thyroid cancer is not clear and correlation with other clinical and laboratory findings is necessary. Clinical trials involving protein kinase inhibitor are available for patients with tumors harboring EGFR mutations.

Citations
  1. Landa I, et al. Genomic and transcriptomic hallmarks of poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid cancers. J Clin Invest 2016;126(3):1052-66
  2. Mitsiades CS, et al. Epidermal growth factor receptor as a therapeutic target in human thyroid carcinoma: mutational and functional analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91(9):3662-6
  3. Masago K, et al. Good clinical response to erlotinib in a patient with anaplastic thyroid carcinoma harboring an epidermal growth factor somatic mutation, L858R, in exon 21. J Clin Oncol 2011;29(16):e465-7
Last updated: 2016-08-31 22:11:48 UTC
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