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18th European Congress of Endocrinology

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Neuroendocrine tumours: new findings, classification and targeted management

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Current developments in classification of neuroendocrine neoplasia

Perren Aurel

According to the current WHO classification neuroendocrine neoplasias (NEN) are classified according to differentiation into well differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NET) and poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (NEC). NEN are classified in addition to organ of origin and grade. More recent molecular data confirms this approach as the identified mutation spectrum differs according to differentiation and organ of origin. However, NEN might be more heterogeneous: Ex...