Comparison of the Utility of Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript (CART), Chromogranin A, and Chromogranin B in Neuroendocrine Tumor Diagnosis and Assessment of Disease Progression
Author(s) -
Radha Ramachandran,
Paul Bech,
Kevin G. Murphy,
Martyn Caplin,
Meera Patel,
Shiv Vohra,
Mohid S. Khan,
Waljit S. Dhillo,
Rajeev Sharma,
Fiorentina Palazzo,
Z. Win,
Tricia Tan,
Bernard Khoo,
Karim Meeran,
Andrea Frilling,
M.A. Ghatei,
Stephen R. Bloom,
Niamh Martin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-3640
Subject(s) - chromogranin a , cart , cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript , medicine , endocrinology , immunohistochemistry , neuropeptide , receptor , mechanical engineering , engineering
Prognosis in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is often poor, frequently reflecting delayed diagnosis. Hence, accurate and practical NET markers are needed. Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide is a potential novel NET marker.
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