Clinical Trial: Expression of Protein Convertases in Thyroid Nodules

Study Status: Enrolling by invitation
Recruit Status: Enrolling by invitation
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: The Expression of Protein Convertases Amongst Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancers

Brief Summary: Nowadays, the investigation of thyroid nodules is limited by the fact that up to 49% of the fine needle aspirations (FNA) performed on them are of "indeterminate cytological signification". Moreover, no reliable molecular marker for thyroid cancer have been developed up to this day. The goal of this project is to study the expression of a specific kind of protein convertase in benign and in malignant thyroid nodules to determine its potential as a clinically useful biomarker.