c-KIT receptor expression is strictly associated with the biological behaviour of thyroid nodules

Table 2 Morphological and molecular diagnosis in 82 thyroid nodules

case	HD	CD	c-KIT Class	c-KIT ev	BRAF
1	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
2	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
3	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
4	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
5	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
6	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
7	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
8	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
9	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
10	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
11	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
12	PTC	PTC	I	0	V600E
13	PTC	PTC	I	0	WT
14	PTC	PTC	I	0	WT
15	PTC	PTC	I	0	WT
16	PTC	PTC	II	0.5	V600E
17	PTC	PTC	II	0.448	V600E
18	PTC	PTC	II	0.105	V600E
19	PTC	PTC	II	0.07	V600E
20	PTC	PTC	II	0.0533	V600E
21	PTC	PTC	II	0.049	V600E
22	PTC	PTC	II	0.031	V600E
23	PTC	PTC	II	0.022	WT
24	PTC	PTC	II	0.013	V600E
25	PTC	PTC	II	0.0126	WT
26	PTC	PTC	II	0.01	WT
27	PTC	PTC	II	0.004	WT
28	PTC	PTC	II	0.0003	WT
29	PTC	PTC	II	0.0002	V600E
30	PTC	PTC	III	1.0506	WT
31	PTC	SPTC	I	0	WT
32	PTC	SPTC	I	0	WT
33	PTC	SPTC	I	0	WT
34	PTC	SPTC	I	0	WT
35	PTC	SPTC	II	0.44	V600E
36	PTC	SPTC	II	0.42	V600E
37	PTC	SPTC	II	0.022	V600E
38	PTC	SPTC	II	0.011	V600E
39	PTC	SPTC	II	0.42	WT
40	PTC	SPTC	II	0.37	WT
41	PTC	SPTC	III	1.27	WT
42	PTC	IFP	II	0.275	WT
43	PTC	IFP	II	0.097	WT
44	PTC	IFP	II	0.07	WT
45	PTC	IFP	II	0.023	WT
46	PTC	IFP	III	0.57	WT
47	BN	BN	II	0.3	WT
48	BN	BN	II	0.14	WT
49	BN	BN	II	0.07	WT
50	BN	BN	II	0.1079	WT
51	BN	BN	II	0.363	WT
52	BN	BN	III	0.561	WT
53	BN	BN	III	0.6457	WT
54	BN	BN	III	0.858	WT
55	BN	BN	III	0.96	WT
56	BN	BN	III	0.97	WT
57	BN	BN	III	1.051	WT
58	BN	BN	III	1.3823	WT
59	BN	BN	III	1.39	WT
60	BN	BN	III	2.47	WT
61	BN	BN	III	2.5083	WT
62	BN	BN	III	2.6333	WT
63	BN	BN	IV	7.24	WT
64	BN	IFP	II	0.032	WT
65	BN	IFP	II	0.04	WT
66	BN	IFP	II	0.0463	WT
67	BN	IFP	II	0.0599	WT
68	BN	IFP	II	0.1143	WT
69	BN	IFP	II	0.1957	WT
70	BN	IFP	II	0.217	WT
71	BN	IFP	II	0.2619	WT
72	BN	IFP	III	0.7302	WT
73	BN	IFP	III	0.84	WT
74	BN	IFP	III	0.948	WT
75	BN	IFP	III	1.09	WT
76	BN	IFP	III	1.3727	WT
77	BN	IFP	III	1.64	WT
78	BN	IFP	III	1.67	WT
79	BN	IFP	IV	3.4	WT
80	BN	IFP	IV	7.69	WT
81	BN	IFP	IV	8.73	WT
82	BN	IFP	IV	9.34	WT

HD: histological diagnosis. CD: cytological diagnosis. c-KIT ev: c-KIT expression value. PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma. SPTC: suspicious for PTC. BN: benign nodule. IFP: indeterminate follicular proliferation. WT: wild type.

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