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ea0011p456 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006

Prognostic value of KI-67 expression in the cytologic identification of pancreatic endocrine tumors: preliminary data

Manzoni MF , Franchi GM , Piani C , Cappelletti C , Arcidiacono PG , Albarello L , Doglioni C , Bosi E

Background: Organ infiltration and metastasis are the only parameters defining malignancy of pancreatic endocrine tumors. Several studies had demonstrated the prognostic value of Ki-67 expression measured on histological sections obtained from the removed pancreatic endocrine tumors. We postulate that Ki-67 expression measured on fine needle aspiration cytology provides pre-operative indications of the malignancy of pancreatic endocrine tumors.Aim: Aims ...