Author's response to reviews Title: Metabolic alteration of urinary steroids in pre- and post-menopausal women, and men with papillary thyroid carcinoma Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: Sentinel lymph node biopsy is unsuitable for routine practice in young female patients with unilateral low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma Authors:

Title: Sentinel lymph node biopsy is unsuitable for routine practice in young female patients with unilateral low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma

Author's response to reviews Title: A distinctive colour associated with high iodine content in malignant pleural effusion from metastatic papillary thyroid cancer: A case report Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title: EpCAM Nuclear Localization Identifies Aggressive Thyroid Cancer and is a Marker for Poor Prognosis Authors:

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Serum-based metabolic alterations in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma unveiled by non-targeted 1H-NMR metabolomics approach

Objective(s): As the most prevalent endocrine system malignancy, papillary thyroid carcinoma had a very fast rising incidence in recent years for unknown reasons besides the fact that the current methods in thyroid cancer diagnosis still hold some limitations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to improve the potential molecular markers for diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules to...