AD	autosomal dominant
AR	autosomal recessive
ATC	anaplastic thyroid cancer
CMVPTC	cribriform-morular variant of PTC
cPTC	classical PTC
DDR	DNA damage response
DTC	differentiated thyroid cancer
FA	follicular adenoma
FAP	familial adenomatous polyposis
FNMTC	familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer
FTC	follicular thyroid cancer
FVPTC	follicular variant of PTC
GWAS	genome-wide association studies
HR	hazard ratio
LOD	logarithm of odds
MAF	minor allele frequency
miRNAs	microRNAs
MNG	multinodular goiter
MTC	medullary thyroid cancer
NGS	next generation sequencing
NMTC	nonmedullary thyroid cancer
PTC	papillary thyroid cancer
SNPs	single nucleotide polymorphisms
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
VUS	variant of uncertain significance
WES	whole exome sequence
WGS	whole genome sequence