Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Significance of TERT Promoter Mutations in Cancer: A Cohort Study and a Meta-Analysis.

BACKGROUND:The prevalence of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutations (pTERTm) in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have been investigated, but the results were inconsistent. In addition, several studies have analysed the role of pTERTm in the etiology of various types of cancers,...

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Main Authors: Ping Yuan, Jin-lin Cao, Abudumailamu Abuduwufuer, Lu-Ming Wang, Xiao-Shuai Yuan, Wang Lv, Jian Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4723146?pdf=render