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Recent advances in cancer biology further raise the possibility of utilizing TSH and\/or TSHR as a therapeutic target or as an informative index to predict treatment responses in cancer patients. The TSH\/TSHR cascade has been considered a pivotal modulator for carcinogenesis and\/or tumor progression in these cancers. TSHR belongs to a sub-group of family A G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which activate a bundle of well-defined signaling transduction pathways to enhance cell renewal in response to external stimuli. 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