Identification of the EMT-Related Genes Signature for Predicting Occurrence and Progression in Thyroid Cancer

Abstract Background: The detection rate of thyroid cancer (TC) has been continuously improved due to the development of detection technology. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is thought to be closely related to the malignant progression of tumors. However, the relationship between EMT-related genes (ERGs) characteristics and the diagnosis and prognosis of TC patients has not been studied. Methods: Four datasets from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) were used to perform transcriptomic profile analysis. The overlapping differentially expressed ERGs (DEERGs) were analyzed using the