Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is known as the most common histological subtype of thyroid carcinoma. The prognosis of PTC is generally favorable. However, small number of patients with PTC progressed with distant metastasis and invasion to adjacent organs. New diagnostic tool for early detection of PTC with poor outcome is desired. We previously reported that autoantibody to WD repeat domain 1 (AWA) in the serum was associated with the existence of undifferenti...