ea0029p68 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012
Koetsveld P. van
, Feelders R.
, Dogan F.
, Dungen R. van den
, Herder W. de
, Hofland L.
Background: In case of inoperable disease or tumor recurrence, there are only a few medical treatment options for patients with adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). The oral alkylating drug Temozolomide (TMZ) shows efficacy in a subset of patients with melanoma, glioblastoma or pancreatic neurendocrine tumours. Response to TMZ seems determined by the tumoral expression level of the DNA repair enzyme O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT).Aims: To eva...