Clinicopathological Characteristics of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Children with Emphasis on Pubertal Status and Association with BRAF^V600E Mutation.

Abstract

PTC is more disseminated in prepubertal children. BRAF^V600E mutation does not correlate with a more extensive or aggressive disease. BRAF^V600E mutation is not the cause of the differences in the biological behavior of PTC in prepubertal and pubertal children.