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SUBMITTER: Jikuzono T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7218651 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jikuzono Tomoo T Ishikawa Tomoko T Hirokawa Mitsuyoshi M Sugitani Iwao I Ishibashi Osamu O
BMC research notes 20200513 1
<h4>Objective</h4>Although follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) generally has a good prognosis, it occasionally metastasises, leading to poor prognosis. Unfortunately, minimally invasive FTC (mi-FTC) and encapsulated angioinvasive FTC (ea-FTC) cannot be distinguished cytopathologically from thyroid follicular adenoma (FTA), a benign tumour with a good prognosis. Therefore, a molecular diagnosis to distinguish mi- or ea-FTC from FTA is needed for clinical treatment. Several transcriptomics/proteomi ...[more]