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ea0032p528 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2013

Establishment of patient-individual tumor models for endocrine tumors

Hantel Constanze , Scheller Franzi , Ozimek Alexandra , Chiapponi Costanza , Mussack Thomas , Beuschlein Felix

In an attempt to amend the lack of preclinical models for endocrine tumors, we recently initiated establishment of patient-individual tumor models. Pieces from four adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC), one aldosterone producing adenoma (APA), one pheochromocytoma (pheo), one metastasis of a malignant pheo, one pheo and medullary thyroid carcinoma associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and 11 neuroendocrine tumors (NETs, nine NETs of the gastroenteropancreatic system i...