title: The ultimate biochemical diagnosis of neuroendocrine gastro-enteropancreatic tumours.
abstract: This paper considers the confirmation of diagnosis, made initially from histological analysis of tumour tissue, of neuroendocrine tumour disease, using elevated secretory products in the blood. These include hormones, peptides, neurotransmitters and packaging proteins of secretory vesicles such as chromogranin A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Faiss
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scherübl
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Riecken
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiedenmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor