ea0035oc5.5 | Adrenal & Thyroid | ECE2014
Pfeifer Aleksandra
, Bartosz Wojtas
, Malgorzata Oczko-Wojciechowska
, Aleksandra Kukulska
, Agnieszka Czarniecka
, Markus Eszlinger
, Thomas Musholt
, Tomasz Stokowy
, Ewa Stobiecka
, Jolanta Krajewska
, Dagmara Rusinek
, Tomasz Tyszkiewicz
, Monika Kowal
, Michal Jarzab
, Steffen Hauptmann
, Dariusz Lange
, Ralf Paschke
, Barbara Jarzab
Introduction: Follicular adenomas (FTA) and carcinomas (FTC) are thyroid tumours that are indistinguishable in the fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). In our previous research we concentrated on post-operative material and developed the classifier, which discriminates the FTC and FTA, based on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) material. The classifier was based on expression of five genes and gave the promising sensitivity of 71% and specificity of 72%. The aim of the ...