The aim of this study was to determine whether CHK2 and p53 expression in patients with a germline CHEK2 mutation in tumor tissue can serve as a prognostic marker for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and whether copy number aberrations in CHEK2 and TP53 correlate with the course of PTC. This evidence concerns the gene TP53 and thyroid gland papillary carcinoma.