Introduction
TUMOR GROWTH, THYROID NODULES, DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA, TUMORIGENESIS
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using the glucose analogue 2-[In differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), higher [In thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology (defined as Bethesda classification category III or IV), a It is currently only partly understood which alterations in the glucose metabolism underly the differences in [In tumorigenesis in general, increased glucose influx into the cell by increased expression of glucose transporters (GLUT) is considered the primary mechanism behind the upregulated glucose metabolism [As a part of tumor growth and progression, [Finally, as [The association between [In the current study, we explored the association between [