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Proliferation markers and their uses in the study of endocrine tumors

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A growing body of literature supports the view that the proliferative activity (PA) of tumor cells is an important prognostic indicator for a variety of different tumors. We examined the role of PA in diagnosis and prediction or malignancy of endocrine tumors (ETs) of pituitary gland, pancreas, thyroid, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, paraganglia, gastroenteric tract, and lung. The data in the literature indicate that the assessment of PA is not a diagnostic indicator of malignancy especially at the individual case level, whereas it can be useful for identifying subsets of malignant tumors with different aggressiveness potential, as well as for choosing therapeutic options in metatstatic lesions. We hope that, in the near future, multiparametric approaches including PA markers, cell growth and differentiation factors, and oncogenes will yield valuable information for diagnosis and prognosis of ETs also in individual cases.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Verona, Italy

    Giuseppe Pelosi MD, MIAC

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Italy

    Giuseppe Zamboni MD

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Pelosi, G., Zamboni, G. Proliferation markers and their uses in the study of endocrine tumors. Endocr Pathol 7, 103–119 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02739970

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