High growth rate of benign thyroid nodules bearing RET/PTC rearrangements..     ///    "After 36 months of follow-up, the RET/PTC+ group (n = 16) reached a volume higher than the RET/PTC- group (n = 90) (5.04 ?? 2.67 vs. "    ///    The aim of the present work was to evaluate whether RET/PTC in benign thyroid nodules associates with a different nodular growth rate.     ///    The difference between the mean baseline nodular volume of the RET/PTC- and RET/PTC+ nodules was not significant.     ///    "The RET/PTC oncogene has been documented in a fraction of benign thyroid nodules, besides papillary thyroid carcinomas, and it might therefore influence their growth. "    ///    RET/PTC was present in 19 nodules. 