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ea0035p551 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2014

Evaluation of vegf and endocan/esm-1 expression in pnets and correlation with Ki67 and prognosis

Lugli Francesca , Iacovazzo Donato , Lanza Paola , Inzani Frediano , Waure Chiara De , Rindi Guido , Marinis Laura De

Endocan has been reported as specific of endothelial tumor cells and was shown to be expressed by tip cells during angiogenesis process.The principal aims of the study are the assessment of immunohistochemical VEGF and Endocan expression in functioning and non functioning pNETs and the comparison of these markers with clinical features, Ki67 and TNM staging.We collected a total number of 79 pNETs surgical specimens for immunohistoc...