| ADAM9 | ADAM Metallopeptidase Domain 9 |
| AKT3 | RAC-γ serine/threonine-protein kinase |
| AMPK | 5′ AMP-activated Protein Kinase |
| ATC | Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| CASC9 | Cancer Susceptibility 9 |
| CCND1 | Cyclin D1 |
| CDH6 | Cadherin 6 |
| circEIF6 | Circular Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 6 |
| circFOXM1 | Circular Forkhead Box Protein M1 |
| circRNA | Circular RNA |
| CXCL16 | C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 16 |
| DLX6-AS1 | Distal-Less Homeobox 6-Antisense 1 |
| EGFR | Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor |
| ERBB2 | Erb-B2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 2 |
| ER-β | Estrogen Receptor Beta |
| EZH2 | Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 |
| FGF2 | Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| FGFR2 | Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 |
| FNA | Fine Needle Aspiration |
| FOXE1 | Forkhead Box E1 |
| FOXN3 | Forkhead Box N3 |
| FOXO1 | Forkhead Box O1 |
| FTC | Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma |
| HCP5 | HLA complex P5 |
| HK2 | Hexokinase 2 |
| HMGB1 | High Mobility Group Box Protein 1 |
| ITGA3 | Integrin Subunit Alpha 3 |
| lncRNA | Long Non-coding RNA |
| MALAT1 | Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1 |
| MEG3a | Maternally Expressed Gene 3 |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| MMP1 | Matrix Metallopeptidase 1 |
| MTC | Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma |
| mTOR | Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Kinase |
| ncRNA | Non-coding RNA |
| NEAT1 | Nuclear Paraspeckle Assembly Transcript 1 |
| PAK1 | p21 Activated Kinase-1 |
| PAR5 | Prader Willi/Angelman Region RNA5 |
| PDTC | Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase |
| piRNA | PIWI-interacting RNA: |
| PTC | Papillary Thyroid Cancer |
| PTCSC3 | Thyroid Carcinoma Susceptibility Candidate 3 |
| PTCSCs | Papillary Thyroid Cancer Stem Cells |
| QKI5-7 | Quaking protein 5-7 |
| RAR-β | Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta |
| ROCK1 | Rho-associated Protein Kinase 1 |
| SCAI | Suppressor of Cancer Cell Invasion |
| SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results |
| SLC6A9-5:2 | Solute Carrier Family 6 Member 9-5:2 |
| SNHG3 | Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 3 |
| snoRNA | Small nuclear RNA |
| SOCS1 | Suppressor Protein of Cytokine Signaling 1 |
| SPAG9 | Perm Associated Antigen 9 |
| ST6GAL2 | alpha-2, 6-sialyltransferase 2 |
| STAT3 | Signal Transducer And Activator of Transcription 3 |
| STON2 | Stonin 2 |
| TGF-α | Transforming Growth Factor Alpha |
| UNC5B-AS1 | Unc-5 Netrin Receptor B-Antisense RNA 1 |
| UPF1 | UPF1 RNA Helicase and ATPase |
| VHL | Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor |
| XIST | X-inactive specific transcript |
| YY1 | Yin Yang 1 |