Upregulation Of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor Type C Associates To The Combination Of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis And Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma And Is Predictive Of A Poor Prognosis

Introduction PTC is not generally considered a lethal disease, but prone to recurrence as the prognosis. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is an important factor that affects the prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). It is crucial to find biomarkers to identify the combination of HT with PTC and to predict the prognosis.