Research Article
TNRC6C Functions as a Tumor Suppressor and Is Frequently Downregulated in Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Table 2
The association of TNRC6C expression with clinicopathological features of PTC in TCGA database.
| Clinicopathological features | TNRC6C expression level | value | Low | High |
| Age | ≤46 | 110 | 142 | 0.004 | >46 | 141 | 109 |
| Gender | Female | 191 | 176 | 0.131 | Male | 60 | 75 |
| T classification | T1 | 67 | 76 | 0.002 | T2 | 68 | 96 | T3 | 98 | 72 | T4 | 17 | 6 |
| N classification | N0 | 101 | 128 | 0.014 | N1 | 124 | 99 |
| M classification | M0 | 136 | 146 | 0.178 | M1 | 2 | 7 |
| Clinical stage | I | 127 | 154 | 0.005 | II | 22 | 30 | III | 66 | 46 | IV | 36 | 19 |
| Histological type | Classical/follicular | 213 | 244 | <0.001 | Tall cell | 32 | 4 |
| Focality | Unifocal | 140 | 126 | 0.243 | Multifocal | 107 | 119 |
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Age and TNRC6C expression level were divided into two groups according to the median.
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