Of the special type carcinomas included on TMA slides, a papillary and two medullary carcinomas were positive for basal cytokeratins, one out of three medullary carcinomas was positive for EMP1 and E-cadherin, a ductal-lobular carcinoma was positive for DDR1, all other special type carcinomas were negative for these markers, and finally none were positive for DVL1 (data not shown). Here, EMP1 is linked to medullary thyroid gland carcinoma.