Neuroendocrine Tumors in Real Life

I. General Remarks

1. Epidemiology of Neuroendocrine Tumours: By Site of Tumour and by Geographical Area
Federica Cavalcoli, Aoife Garrahy, Marco Castellaneta, Gianluca Tamagno

2. Pathological Classification: GEP, TNET, and Rare Forms
Maria Laura Del Basso Caro, Elia Guadagno, Gaetano Rosa

3. The Molecular Biology of NET: Current Status and Evaluation of Biomarkers for Prediction and Prognosis
Mark Kidd, Diego Ferone, Manuela Albertelli, Elena Nazzari, Lisa Bodei, Irvin M. Modlin

4. Tumor Staging TNM
Laura A. Boos, Paul Komminoth

II. Clinical Cases and Their Implications (From Clinical Practice to Guidelines)

5. Prognostic Factors: Grading (Ki-67 Index)
Marco Volante, Caterina Marchiò, Luisella Righi, Eleonora Duregon, Alessandro Piovesan, Mauro Papotti

6. Prognostic Factors: Molecular Pathway – Somatostatin Receptors
Giovanni Vitale, Massimo Milione, Natalie Prinzi

7. Prognostic Factors: Molecular Pathway – Oncogene (mTOR)
Maria Chiara Zatelli

8. Prognostic Factors: Molecular Pathway – Tumour Suppressor Gene (MEN1)
Marie-Lise Jaffrain-Rea, Liliya Rostomyan, Albert Beckers

9. Prognostic Factors: Nuclear Medicine Imaging (FDG PET–Octreoscan/Gallium PET)
Maria Luisa Rimini, Nicolina Rosa, Anna Settembre, Gennaro Mazzarella, Pietro Muto

10. Tumour Detection in Syndromic NET: Carcinoid Syndrome
Georgios K. Dimitriadis, Gregory Kaltsas

11. Tumor Detection in Syndromic NET: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
Roberta Modica, Luigi Camera, Vincenzo Napolitano, Manuela Avellino, Rosa Fonti, Silvana Vecchio, Leonardo Luca, Annamaria Colao, Antongiulio Faggiano

12. Tumor Detection in Syndromic NET: Hypoglycemic Hyperinsulinemic Syndrome
Elisa Cosaro, Maria Vittoria Davi

13. Tumor Staging: Bronchi
Pier Luigi Filosso, Francesco Guerrera, Matteo Roffinella, Paolo Solidoro, Alberto Sandri

14. Tumour Staging: Ileum
Tahir Akbar, Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan, John K. Ramage

15. Tumor Staging: Pancreas
Roberta Elisa Rossi, Sara Massironi

16. Therapy for Locoregional Disease: Stomach/Duodenum, Colon/Rectum
Davide Campana, Nico Pagano, Nicole Brighi, Dario Fabbri, Maria Rinzivillo, Gianfranco Delle Fave, Guido Biasco, Francesco Panzuto

17. Therapy for Locoregional Disease: Pancreas
Francesca Muffatti, Mauro Cives, Stefano Partelli, Franco Silvestris, Massimo Falconi

18. Therapy for Locoregional Disease: Ileum
Olov Norlen, Peter Stålberg, Per Hellman

19. Therapy for Locoregional Disease: Bronchi
Niccolò Daddi, Valentina Tassi, Marco Lupattelli, Vincenzo Minotti, Francesco Puma, Piero Ferolla

20. Therapy for Metastatic Disease: Stomach/Duodenum, Colon/Rectum
Salvatore Tafuto, Chiara Divitiis, Antonella Bianco, Monica Capozzi, Francesco Lassandro, Fabiana Tatangelo, Nicolina Rosa, Alessandro Ottaiano, Carlo Bergaminelli, Antonella Petrillo, Elena Girolamo, Antonella Sarno

21. Therapy for Metastatic Disease: Pancreas
Beata Kos-Kudła, Karolina Poczkaj, Anna Malczewska

22. Therapy for Metastatic Disease: Ileum
David L. Chan, Eva Segelov, Simron Singh

23. Therapy for Metastatic Disease: Bronchi
Kjell Öberg

24. Therapy for Metastatic Disease with Unknown Primary Tumor
Nicola Fazio, Manila Rubino

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Oncology