Plasma lncRNA GAS8-AS1 as a Potential Biomarker of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Chinese Patients

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RT-qPCR and ROC curve analysis for GAS8-AS1 as an LNM prediction biomarker. (a) Scatter plots and (b) bar charts of plasma GAS8-AS1 levels from papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients with (N1, ) and without (N0, ) cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM). (c) ROC to evaluate the diagnostic performance of GAS8-AS1 to discriminate N1 from N0. (d) Scatter plots and (e) bar charts of plasma GAS8-AS1 levels from PTC patients with N1a stage (), N1b (), and N0 (). (f) Scatter plots and (g) bar charts of plasma GAS8-AS1 levels from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) patients with (N1, ) and without (N0, ) cervical lymph node metastasis ().

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