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Prognostic and predictive biomarkers in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Ryan Stevenson1, Steven K Libutti, Muhammad Wasif Saif
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. rstevenson@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
JOP : Journal of the Pancreas
|March 12, 2013
Abstract:
Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are a diverse group of tumors that derive from epithelial cells with neuroendocrine differentiation. Gastroenteropancreatic NETs are a subset of NET that arise from the gastrointestinal tract. The natural history and prognosis varies widely between different gastroenteropancreatic NETs, highlighting the importance of identifying accurate prognostic and predictive biomarkers. At the 2013 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, De Braud et al. (Abstract #186) and Bellister et al. (Abstract #163) present data on two new possible biomarkers.