Endocrine Abstracts

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a common and devastating disease. SCLC tumours contain a neuroendocrine cell population that exhibit ectopic hormone production in a minority of patients. The aim of this study was to investigate a panel of neuroendocrine peptides as potential biomarkers of SCLC, including pro-opiomelanocortin, neuron specific enolase, chromogranin A and neural-cell adhesion molecule. Immunohistochemistry methods were used to examine neuroendocrine peptides in ...