Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The role of F-18 FDG PET/CT in follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is well established. Molecular markers were shown to be related with malignancy risk of thyroid nodules and prognosis of DTC. The goal of this study was to assess the relation of molecular markers such as NIS, Galectin-3, PTEN, Ki-67, p53 with PET positivity and malignancy of thyroid.Methods/design: We evaluated patients who had 18-FDG uptake in thyroid gland at...