Table 1.

miRNAs discriminating benign vs. malignant thyroid lesions from FNAB samples

Authors	Panel of markers	Groups	n (sample number)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Diagnostic accuracy (%)
Stokowy et al. 2016	miR-484, miR-184b-3p	mutation-negative follicular thyroid carcinomas and follicular thyroid adenomas	44	89	87	na
Paskas et al. 2015	BRAF V600E, miR-221, miR-222, galectin-3	benign vs. malignant thyroid nodule	120	73.5	89.8	75.7
Panebianco et al. 2015	miR-146b, miR-222, KIT, TC1	benign vs. malignant thyroid nodule	118	92.3	94.7	96
Shen et al. 2012	miR-146b, miR-221, miR-187, miR-30d	benign vs. malignant thyroid nodule	68	88.9	78.3	85.3
Keutgen et al. 2012	miR-328, miR-222, miR-21, miR-197	benign vs. malignant thyroid lesions	72	100	86	90
Mazeh et al. 2012	miR-21, miR-31, miR-146b, miR-187, miR-221, miR-222	benign vs. malignant thyroid nodule	11	88	100	90