Clinicopathological significance of cancer-associated fibroblasts in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a predictive marker of cervical lymph node metastasis.
Jae-Gu ChoHyung Kwon ByeonKyung Ho OhSeung-Kuk BaekSoon-Young KwonKwang-Yoon JungJeong-Soo WooPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2018)
This study revealed the presence of CAFs in PTC. Furthermore, CAFs were found to be a risk factor of LN metastasis in PTC. Therefore, CAFs may be used as a predictive marker for LN metastasis in patients with PTC.