Open AccessExpression of p63 and Bcl-2 in Malignant Thyroid Tumors and their Correlation with other Diagnostic Immunocytochemical Markers
Author(s) -
Amit Gupta,
Shyama Jain,
Nita Khurana,
Atul Kakar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/13899.8157
Subject(s) - carcinoembryonic antigen , thyroglobulin , calcitonin , pathology , thyroid carcinoma , medicine , thyroid , medullary carcinoma , anaplastic carcinoma , thyroid cancer , medullary cavity , carcinoma , immunohistochemistry , cancer
Bcl-2 is a marker recently studied in thyroid tumours and proposed to have prognostic significance. p63 is expressed in a proportion of papillary thyroid carcinoma cases and may have a role in tumour progression.