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SUBMITTER: Jee HG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406463 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jee Hyeon-Gun HG Kim Byoung-Ae BA Kim Minjun M Yu Hyeong Won HW Choi June Young JY Kim Su-Jin SJ Lee Kyu Eun KE
Journal of clinical medicine 20190218 2
Preoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules reduces unnecessary surgery. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may contain information of primary tumor(s). We asked whether the peripheral blood expression of genes specific for circulating tumor cells (CTCs) differentiates benign thyroid nodules from malignant nodules. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from thyroid nodule patients (<i>n</i> = 20) were isolated preoperatively and the expression of seven CTC-associated genes was measured in patients with t ...[more]