PDLIM3 expression was also decreased in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) samples from the Chernobyl region, but the correlation between PDLIM3 expression and clinical stage, metastasis, and prognosis of thyroid carcinoma (THCA) patients and its role in the pathogenesis of THCA is unclear [121]. The gene discussed is PDLIM3; the disease is thyroid gland carcinoma.