Metastases free thyroid cancer patients harbouring TERT mutations may benefit from a more intensive treatment and follow-up

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Translational Research of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Editorial

Alessandro Antonelli et al. Gland Surg. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;8(3):298-300.

doi: 10.21037/gs.2019.05.05.

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Translational Research of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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