Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid carcinoma is collectively the most common of the endocrine cancers and overall has a good prognosis if diagnosed early. However, the molecular events underlying development of the two most common types, follicular (FTC) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), is not well understood. Furthermore, pre-operative distinction between FTC and benign follicular adenomas (FA) by fine-needle aspiration remains a challenge. Microarray expression analysis is a powerful tool that m...