miRNA expression can classify pediatric thyroid lesions and increases the diagnostic yield of mutation testing.
Aime T FrancoEmmanuel LabourierKenny Kwabena AblordeppeyLea F SurreySogol Mostoufi-MoabAmber IsazaN Scott AdzickKen KazahayaGyanendra KumarAndrew J BauerPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2020)
These data suggest that the regulatory miRNA pathways underlying thyroid tumorigenesis are similar in adults and children. miRNA expression can identify malignant lesions with high specificity, augment the diagnostic yield of mutation testing, and improve the molecular classification of pediatric thyroid nodules.