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Table 3. Galectin-3 gene expression detected by real-time RT-PCR in preoperative fine-needle aspiration samples of thyroid lesions and final diagnosis.

Final diagnosis	Samples
Final diagnosis	Galectin-3 positive /number (%)/	Total /number/
Papillary carcinoma^a	34 (89.5%)	38
Follicular carcinoma^a	3 (75.0%)	4
Follicular adenoma^a	17 (53.1%)	32
Hurthle cell adenoma^a	2 (33.3%)	6
Hashimoto thyroiditis^b	11 (28.2%)	39
Nodular goiter^c	69 (57.9%)	119
All	136 (57.1%)	238

^a diagnosis was established postoperatively by histopathological analysis; ^b diagnosis was established preoperatively based on FNA cytology and high titer of anti-nuclear antibodies; ^c diagnosis was established either preoperatively by FNA cytology or postoperatively by histopathological analysis