Rationales for the Use of Cancer Stem Cells Markers in the Staging of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Figure 1

Representative image of immunohistochemistry staining of ALDH1A1 in benign tumor tissue and in papillary thyroid carcinoma tissues (400X). (a) Benign tumor section. (b) Stage I papillary thyroid cancer tissue. (c) Stage II papillary thyroid cancer tissue. (d) Stage III papillary thyroid cancer tissue.

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