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. 2022 Sep 1;14(17):4287. doi: 10.3390/cancers14174287

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The complex association between autoimmune thyroiditis and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). (A) autoimmune thyroiditis and its beneficial effect in PTC development; oncogenes, radiation, genetic predisposition and iodine deficiency and their detrimental effect in PTC development; (B) different components of the adaptive and innate immune response surrounding PTC. PTC = Papillary thyroid carcinoma.