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43 relations: Bone, Cancer staging, Carcinoma, Cervical lymph nodes, Chromosomal translocation, Cowden syndrome, Curie, Fine-needle aspiration, Five-year survival rate, Follicular cell, Full-body CT scan, Gamma camera, Hamster, Hürthle cell, Histopathology, HMGA2, HRAS, Iodine-123, Iodine-131, Isotopes of iodine, KRAS, Lung, Metastasis, Minimally invasive procedures, MINPP1, Molecular biology, Neoplasm, Neuroblastoma RAS viral oncogene homolog, Nuclear medicine, Papillary thyroid cancer, PAX8, Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, PTEN (gene), Ras subfamily, Surgical oncology, Thyroglobulin, Thyroid adenoma, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid hormones, Thyroid-stimulating hormone, Thyroidectomy, Tumor marker, Ultrasound.
Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.
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Cancer staging
Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has developed by growing and spreading.
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Carcinoma
Carcinoma is a type of cancer that develops from epithelial cells.
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Cervical lymph nodes
Cervical lymph nodes are lymph nodes found in the neck.
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Chromosomal translocation
In genetics, a chromosome translocation is a chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes.
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Cowden syndrome
Cowden syndrome (also known as Cowden's disease and multiple hamartoma syndrome) is an autosomal dominant inherited condition characterized by benign overgrowths called hamartomas as well as an increased lifetime risk of breast, thyroid, uterine, and other cancers.
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Curie
The curie (symbol Ci) is a non-SI unit of radioactivity originally defined in 1910.
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Fine-needle aspiration
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a diagnostic procedure used to investigate lumps or masses.
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Five-year survival rate
The five-year survival rate is a type of survival rate for estimating the prognosis of a particular disease, normally calculated from the point of diagnosis.
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Follicular cell
Follicular cells (also called thyroid epithelial cells or thyrocytes) are cells in the thyroid gland that are responsible for the production and secretion of thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3).
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Full-body CT scan
A full-body scan is a scan of the patient's entire body as part of the diagnosis or treatment of illnesses.
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Gamma camera
A gamma camera (γ-camera), also called a scintillation camera or Anger camera, is a device used to image gamma radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy.
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Hamster
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains about 25 species classified in six or seven genera.
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Hürthle cell
A Hürthle cell or Askanazy cell is a cell in the thyroid that is often associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis as well as benign and malignant tumors (Hürthle cell adenoma and Hürthle cell carcinoma, formerly considered a subtype of follicular thyroid cancer).
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Histopathology
Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos "tissue", πάθος pathos "suffering", and -λογία -logia "study of") refers to the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease.
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HMGA2
High-mobility group AT-hook 2, also known as HMGA2, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the HMGA2 gene.
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HRAS
GTPase HRas also known as transforming protein p21 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HRAS gene.
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Iodine-123
Iodine-123 (123I or I-123) is a radioactive isotope of iodine used in nuclear medicine imaging, including single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or SPECT/CT exams.
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Iodine-131
Iodine-131 (131I) is an important radioisotope of iodine discovered by Glenn Seaborg and John Livingood in 1938 at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Isotopes of iodine
There are 37 known isotopes of iodine (53I) from 108I to 144I; all undergo radioactive decay except 127I, which is stable.
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KRAS
KRAS (K-ras or Ki-ras) is a gene that acts as an on/off switch in cell signalling.
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Lung
The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and many other animals including a few fish and some snails.
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Metastasis
Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; it is typically spoken of as such spread by a cancerous tumor.
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Minimally invasive procedures
Minimally invasive procedures (also known as minimally invasive surgeries) encompass surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed and so lessen wound healing time, associated pain and risk of infection.
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MINPP1
Multiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MINPP1 gene.
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Molecular biology
Molecular biology is a branch of biology which concerns the molecular basis of biological activity between biomolecules in the various systems of a cell, including the interactions between DNA, RNA, proteins and their biosynthesis, as well as the regulation of these interactions.
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Neoplasm
Neoplasia is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.
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Neuroblastoma RAS viral oncogene homolog
NRAS is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NRAS gene.
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Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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Papillary thyroid cancer
Papillary thyroid cancer or papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid cancer, representing 75 percent to 85 percent of all thyroid cancer cases.
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PAX8
Paired box gene 8, also known as PAX8, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PAX8 gene.
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ or PPARG), also known as the glitazone receptor, or NR1C3 (nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group C, member 3) is a type II nuclear receptor that in humans is encoded by the PPARG gene.
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PTEN (gene)
Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the PTEN gene.
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Ras subfamily
Ras is a family of related proteins which is expressed in all animal cell lineages and organs.
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Surgical oncology
Surgical oncology is the branch of surgery applied to oncology; it focuses on the surgical management of tumors, especially cancerous tumors.
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Thyroglobulin
Thyroglobulin (Tg) is a 660 kDa, dimeric protein produced by the follicular cells of the thyroid and used entirely within the thyroid gland.
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Thyroid adenoma
A thyroid adenoma is a benign tumor of the thyroid gland.
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Thyroid cancer
Thyroid cancer is cancer that develops from the tissues of the thyroid gland.
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Thyroid hormones
Thyroid hormones are two hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, TSH, or hTSH for human TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T4), and then triiodothyronine (T3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body.
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Thyroidectomy
A thyroidectomy is an operation that involves the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland.
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Tumor marker
A tumor marker is a biomarker found in blood, urine, or body tissues that can be elevated by the presence of one or more types of cancer.
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Ultrasound
Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follicular_thyroid_cancer
