Purpose An estimated 4% to 7% of the population will develop a clinically significant thyroid
nodule during their lifetime. In many cases, preoperative diagnoses by needle biopsy are …

There is now a reasonably good understanding of the key oncogenic events involved in the
initiation and progression of thyroid cancer. Many of these are characteristic of certain tumor …

Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15) is associated with cardiovascular disease,
inflammation, body weight regulation and cancer. Its serum levels facilitate the diagnosis …

Context: Although the pathogenesis of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) and its relation to
follicular adenoma (FA) remains unclear, detailed understanding of FTC carcinogenesis …

Context: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the most sensitive and specific tool for the
differential diagnosis of thyroid malignancy. Some limitations of FNAB can be overcome by …

Целью этой книги является предоставление практическому врачу накопленной в мире
информации об эпидемиологии, этиологии, патогенезе, прикладной анатомии …

Gene expression profiling shows that, by gene signature, the difference between BRAF-
positive and BRAF-negative PTC is so distinct that BRAF-positive cancer may be regarded …

Tumors of the thyroid characterized by a follicular growth pattern constitute the most
common type of lesion of this organ encountered by pathologists. The vast majority of such …

Background: Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) belongs to the transforming growth
factor beta superfamily and has been associated with activation of the p53 pathway in …

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to identify important microRNAs (miRNAs) that might play an
important role in contributing to aortic dissection by conducting a miRNA profile comparison …