Endocrine Abstracts

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are uncommon neoplasms with increasing incidence and limited therapeutic options, wherein identification of new diagnostic/prognostic/therapeutic biomarkers is urgently required. Alterations in somatostatin (SST)/cortistatin (CORT) and ghrelin systems have been associated to development/progression of several cancers. Thus, we evaluated expression levels of SST/CORT/ghrelin system components in gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs...