The Blood Biomarkers of Thyroid Cancer

• Main Authors: Wang W, Chang J, Jia B, Liu J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-07-01
• Series: Cancer Management and Research
• Subjects: thyroid neoplasms; blood biomarkers; diagnosis;
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/the-blood-biomarkers-of-thyroid-cancer-peer-reviewed-article-CMAR

Weiran Wang, Jingtao Chang, Baosong Jia, Jing Liu First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, General Surgery Department, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jing Liu Email [e-mail]: With the gradual increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer, people’s attention to thyroid cancer has also gradually increased. Although the prognosis of thyroid cancer is rather mild compared to other cancers, it will still bring a heavy psychological burden on people who have been diagnosed. At present, the diagnosis of thyroid cancer mainly depends on ultrasound and percutaneous fine needle aspiration (pFNA). Due to the unsatisfactory accuracy of the diagnosis methods we use now, there are still some thyroid nodules that cannot be clearly diagnosed before surgery.Methods: In this article, we have searched for relevant research on blood markers of thyroid cancer in the past five years and categoried them into four groups.Discussion: Though we have not found a biomarker which can diagnose thyroid cancer both sensitively and specifically, we do found many substances that are related to it, and have the potential to recognize it and help the diagnosis. And perhaps combined models can do it better.Keywords: thyroid neoplasms, blood biomarkers, diagnosis