Identification of a Novel, Diagnostic microRNA Signature in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Efthymios Poulios^1*, George Zografos², Sofia Tseleni-Balafouta³ and Dimitrios Linos^1,4

¹Fifth Surgical Clinic, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

²Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Ippokrateion Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

³Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

⁴International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Calgary, Canada

^*Corresponding Author: Efthymios Poulios, Fifth Surgical Clinic, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Tel: +30-210-727-4616, Fax: +30-210-727-4158 Email:

Keywords: Thyroid gland; Thyroid malignancy; Biomarkers; miRNA; Diagnostic utility

Introduction