| ATC | Anaplastic thyroid cancer |
| BRAF | B-type RAF kinase |
| CDKN2A | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A |
| CDKN2B | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2B |
| EIF1AX | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A X-linked |
| FNAB | Fine needle aspiration biopsy |
| FTC | Follicular thyroid cancer |
| LOH | Loss of heterozygosity |
| MEK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MTC | Medullary thyroid cancer |
| NIS | Sodium/iodide symporter |
| PDTC | Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer |
| PIK3CA | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| PTC | Papillary thyroid cancer |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| RAI | Radioactive iodine |
| RET | Rearranged during transfection |
| TERT | Telomerase reverse transcriptase |
| TP53 | Tumor protein 53 |
| TSG | Tumor suppressor gene |
| TSH | Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
| WDTC | Well-differentiated thyroid cancer |