Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionTypical bronchial carcinoids (TBC) are rare well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) of the lung whose management can still be very challenging. In fact, the gold-standard treatment for TBC is total resection of the primary tumour; however, in case of metastatic disease adjuvant therapy with the mTOR inhibitor everolimus (eve) might be recommended. Unfortunately, prognosis may be very poor in cases showing moderate response rates to...