Strong intracellular and negative peripheral expression of fibronectin in tumor cells contribute to invasion and metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Galectin-3 expression in papillary thyro

Galectin-3 expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma: Relation to histomorphologic growth pattern, lymph node metastasis, extrathyroid invasion, and tumor size

✍ Dubravka S. Cvejic; Svetlana B. Savin; Ivana M. Petrovic; Ivan R. Paunovic; Svet 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 485 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Background. Galectin‐3 has been recently recognized as a promising presurgical marker of thyroid malignancy. ## Methods. Galectin‐3 expression was examined immunohistochemically in 202 specimens of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in relation to histomorphologic subtypes and clin