Table 6.
Association between cluster of molecular markers and different tumor subtypes.
| Histologic types | Cluster of molecular markers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | p-value | |
| Classic PTC | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 0.540* |
| FV-PTC | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | 0.859** |
| TC-PTC | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 0.134*** |
| PD-PTC | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | |
| FTC | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Abbreviations: PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma; FV-PTC, follicular variant of PTC; TC-PTC, tall cell variant of PTC; PD-PTC, poorly differentiated, PTC; FTC, follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Note: *comparison considering all different histologic subtypes (5 categories); **comparison considering different subtype of PTC (4 categories); ***comparison considering PTC versus FTC.