Clinical implications of molecular studies for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer

Markus Eszlinger, Kurt Werner Schmid, Ralf Paschke

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The evaluation of patients with nodular thyroid disease is focused on two main aspects, namely the exclusion of thyroid malignancy and the exclusion of hyperthyroidism in regions with borderline iodine supply. However, the identification and preoperative typing of both the substantially less frequently occurring thyroid carcinomas …