Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou, Eleftherios Zygouris, Christos Damaskos, Aikaterini Pierrakou, Petros Papalexis, Nikolaos Garmpis, Aikaterini Aravantinou-Fatorou, Serafeim Chlapoutakis, Evangelos Diamantis, Christos Nikokiris, Aikaterini Gkoufa, Pagona Sklapani, Nikolaos Trakas, Jim Janinis, Demetrios A Spandidos, Jubrail Dahabreh
Lung carcinoid tumor is a type of neuroendocrine tumor, which is subdivided into typical carcinoid (TC) and atypical carcinoid (AT), based on the rate of mitosis and the presence of necrosis. Several prognostic factors for lung carcinoids have been reported in the literature, including the type, Ki67 index, stage, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. In the present study, 108 cases with resected carcinoid lung tumors were enrolled and the expression of CD56, thyroid transcription factor 1, synaptophysin, carcinoembryonic antigen, epithelial membrane antigen and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in the resected tissue specimens was immunohistochemically analyzed...
February 2022: Molecular and Clinical Oncology