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. 2016 Nov 17;66(2):141–148. doi: 10.1007/s00262-016-1924-4

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

a Box-plot of IL-10 positivity of all histological sets of our samples. Note that normal thyroid presents the lowest IL-10 positivity, followed by goiters. These two tissues differ significant from all other pattern of thyroid lesions, including follicular adenomas and thyroid carcinomas. b ROC curve of IL-10 positivity, considering malignancy as positive. Abbreviations: FA follicular adenoma, FTC follicular thyroid carcinoma, PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma