We have recently reported the activation of a new oncogene in human papillary thyroid carcinomas. This oncogene, papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), is a novel rearranged version of the ret tyrosine-kinase protooncogene. Thyroid neoplasms include a broad spectrum of malignant tumors, ranging from well-differentiated tumors to undifferentiated anaplastic carcinomas. To determine the frequency of ...

In general, rare thyroid diseases can be divided into neoplastic and non-neoplastic. Neoplastic rare thyroid diseases include the following: 1. primary thyroid lymphoma (1-5% all malignant neoplasms of the thyroid; 2:1 000 000 per year); 2. metastases to the thyroid gland (2-3% malignant thyroid neoplasms; 0.5-2.8% in autopsy) from various primary cancers such as breast carcinoma, renal carcino...

Undesired radiation exposure to caregivers is an important problem in radioiodine therapy in thyroid carcinoma patients, especially when patient is non-ambulatory. Special precautions are needed to keep the exposure to caregivers low when higher dose of radioiodine is necessary. Here we present a case-report of a 74-year old male patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma with local invasion and...

PURPOSE Heparanase-1 (HPR1) is an endoglycosidase that degrades the side chains of heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG), a key component in cell surfaces, the extracellular matrix (ECM), and the basement membrane (BM). The purpose of this study was to evaluate HPR1 expression in thyroid neoplasms and its effect in degrading the HSPG substrates in the ECM and BM and to determine its role in thyro...

Objective. To analyze diagnostics and treatment of 50 patients operated for thyroid cancer (TC), to assess the information content classification according TIRADS BETHESDA systems in comparison with final morphological study removed preparations.
 Materials methods. Patients were divided into 3 groups. The first group 32 (64 %) a verified before surgery results fine needle aspiration punct...