Introduction: Endemic goitre is a major concern in many nations including Malaysia. Seven
states in the country have been identified by Ministry of Health of Malaysia to have high …

Background Although mutations in the p53 suppressor gene in thyroid carcinoma have
usually been detected in anaplastic carcinoma, P53 protein expression has been detected …

Background: p53 protein expression has been detected immunohistochemically in papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We investigated the relations between its expression and …

Objective: To determine the trend of cancer cases in one major hospital in Kelantan over a
20 year period from 1987 to 2007 and to speculate the change in trend due to the socio …

Abstract The BRAF (V600E) mutation is the most prevalent type of genetic alteration that has
been identified in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC); in addition, previous …

Multiple liver metastases were incidentally detected in the lobe of the liver of an 81-year-old
woman following total thyroidectomy and ablative radioactive iodine administration for the …

Background There have been some investigations concerning the role of p53, p21 and bcl-2
protein expressions for the tumorigenesis of thyroid cancer. It had been debated that these …

Cancer is a major morbidity and mortality concern in Malaysia. Based on National Cancer
Registry data, the Malaysian population is estimated to bear a cancer burden of about …

Introduction: Immunohistochemical detection of p53 protein has recently come to light as
one of the significant and independent prognostic indicators in papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Most previous studies on RET and p53 proteins have focused on thyroid papillary
carcinoma. We investigated the role of RET and p53 protein expressions using …