AKT1	RAC-α serine/threonine-protein kinase 1
ATA	American Thyroid Association
CT	computed tomography
DTC	differentiated thyroid carcinoma
EANM	European Association of Nuclear Medicine
ETE	extrathyroidal extension
ETA	European Thyroid Association
FAP	familial adenomatous polyposis
FNA	fine-needle aspiration biopsy
FTC	follicular thyroid carcinoma
FDG-PET	F-18-fluorodeoxy-glucose positron emission tomography
LT4	levothyroxine
MEN2	multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
PAX8	paired box gene 8
PDTC	poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma
PIK3CA	phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit α
PPARγ	peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
PTC	papillary thyroid carcinoma
PTEN	phosphatase and tensin homolog
PTMC	papillary microcarcinoma
RET	RET proto-oncogene
rhTSH	recombinant thyrotropin
RIT	radioiodine therapy
SPECT	single photon emission computed tomography
TERT	telomerase reverse transcriptase
Tg	serum thyroglobulin
TKI	receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors
TP53	tumor protein p53
TSH	thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin)
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
WHO	World Health Organization