Endocrine Abstracts

Carcinoid tumours are neuroendocrine tumours that may arise as isolated non-familial cancers or in association with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), which is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by the combined occurrence of tumours of the parathyroids, the anterior pituitary and the pancreatic islets. The molecular mechanisms underlying carcinoid tumourogenesis have not been fully defined and in order to further characterise these, we undertook 2 approaches...