Novel RET Proto-oncogene variants identified in Turkish patients with thyroid carcinoma.

Thyroid cancer is one of the few malignancies whose incidence is increasing in the last decades. Advances in understanding the molecular mechanisms lead to provide opportunity for prevention, effective early identification and targeted therapies for management. A total of 63 patients with participated in this study Genomic DNA samples were obtained from the samples formalin- embedded tissue and peripheral blood.