ea0026p80 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2011
Gagliano T
, Robustelli A R
, Mole D
, degli Uberti E
, Zatelli M C
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), a rare tumor, with incidence of 12 per million population annually, has a bimodal distribution by age, with cases clustering in children under 6, and in adults 3040 years old. ACC has a dismal prognosis. The only curative treatment is complete surgical excision of the tumor, but late diagnosis prevents surgical cure, since ACC frequently recurs and metastasize. Chemotherapy is frequently ineffective, due to the overexpression of the ...