A Set of Markers Related to Viral-Infection Has a Sex-sensitive Prognostic Value in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

CONCLUSION: In this study, we searched all publicly available microarray datasets and conducted a comprehensive analysis to understand the male propensity for higher malignancy. We found that, markers of viral infection showed significantly differential expression only in male patients as compared to their female counterparts and had a sex-sensitive prognostic value in PTC.
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Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - January 4, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Wan D, Yang X, Li G, Du Y, Cao J, Gao Y, Shu Z, Zhou Y, Wei X, Guo R, Zhang R, Zhang G Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research