Open Life Sciences (Jul 2019)

Predictive significance of serum MMP-9 in papillary thyroid carcinoma

  • Xu Dahai,
  • Su Chang,
  • Guo Liang,
  • Yan He,
  • Wang Shaokun,
  • Yuan Congwang,
  • Chen Guohui,
  • Pang Li,
  • Zhang Nan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2019-0031
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 275 – 287

Abstract

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The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is increasing, and there are no reliable serum biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of PTC. This study aimed to assess whether serum matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) could serve as an auxiliary diagnostic/prognostic marker for PTC after total and partial thyroidectomy.

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