Affiliation:
1. Chongqing Jiaotong University Hospital, Chongqing 400074, China
2. Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing 400030, China
3. Department of Pharmacy, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics/Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China
4. Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
5. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
6. The Orthopedics department of Ninth People’s Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing 400700, China
Abstract
Background. Over the past ten years, the incidence rate of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) worldwide has been increasing rapidly year by year, with the incidence rate increasing 6% annually. PTC has become the malignant tumor with the highest growth rate in the world that fourteen PTC-related mutant genes have been identified. Whether the BRAFV600E mutation related to more aggressive clinicopathologic features and worse outcome in PTC remains variable and controversial. We aim to investigate the risk factors that may predict the BRAFV600E mutation potential of these lesions and new prevention strategies in PTC patients. Methods. A total of 9,908 papillary thyroid carcinoma patients with average 74.6% BRAFV600E mutations were analyzed (RevMan 5.3 software) in this study. The PubMed, Embase, and ISI Web of Science databases were systematically searched for works published through December 15, 2021. Results. The following variables were associated with an increased risk of BRAFV600E mutation in PTC patients:
years (
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), male gender (
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), multifocality (
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), lymph node metastasis (
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), extrathyroidal extension + (
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), vascular invasion + (
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), and tumor node metastasis stage (
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). In addition, tumor size (>1 cm) (
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) and distant metastasis (
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) had no association or risk with BRAFV600E mutation in PTC patients. Conclusion. Our systematic review identified the following significant risk factors of BRAFV600E mutation in PTC patients: age (≥45 years), gender (male), multifocality, lymph node metastasis, vascular invasion, extrathyroidal extension, and advanced tumor node metastasis stage (stages III and IV). Tumor size (>1 cm) and distant metastasis do not appear to be correlated with BRAFV600E mutation in PTC patients.
Funder
2020 Ministerial Project of China
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine