Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the association between tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) gene expression and B-Raf Proto-Oncogene (BRAF) V600E mutation in marginal and tumoral tissues of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients.Methods: Sixty fresh frozen tissues of PTC including 55.3% women were collected during thyroidectomy surgery. All clinicopathologic features of subjects were collected which confirmed by a patholo...