Somatic mutations in solid tumors: a spectrum at the service of diagnostic armamentarium or an indecipherable puzzle? The morphological eyes looking for BRAF and somatic molecular detections on cyto-histological samples.

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Published in Oncotarget on October 11, 2016

Authors

Esther Diana Rossi1, Maurizio Martini1, Tommaso Bizzarro1, Fernando Schmitt2,3, Adhemar Longatto-Filho4,5,6,7, Luigi Maria Larocca1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, "Agostino Gemelli" School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
2: Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
3: Department of Medicine and Pathology, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg.
4: Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Medical Investigation, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil.
5: Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
6: ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
7: Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Pio XII Foundation, Barretos, Brazil.

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