Endocrine Abstracts

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy. The survival rate is excellent, however in some cases it transforms to dedifferentiated invasive tumor. Tumor cell invasion and metastasis are major causes of cancer mortality. It is a challenging task to identify critical genes controlling metastatic potential and disease recurrance. We sought molecular prognostic markers that could improve diagnostics and planning therapy.Comparati...