ADVANCES IN TUMOR MARKERS FOR THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA

摘要

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) is a common endocrine malignancy and mostly is found in women. Different pathological types of PTC have different biological behaviors. The hidden onset results in difficulties to diagnose the early PTC. With the development of the molecular biology, increasing the number of researchers is a focus on tumor markers. The sensitivity and specificity of these tumor markers are helpful for early diagnosis and therapy of PTC. This review is oriented towards the finding of the potent thyroid cancer markers have enhanced sensitivity and specificity, with diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic efficiency.