In liver metastases from small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors, SSTR2A expression is heterogeneous
Charoenpitakchai M, Liu E, Zhao Z, Koyama T, Huh WJ, Berlin J, Hande K, Walker R, Shi C. In liver metastases from small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors, SSTR2A expression is heterogeneous. Virchows Archiv 2017, 470: 545-552. PMID: 28213807, PMCID: PMC5623953, DOI: 10.1007/s00428-017-2093-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall intestinal neuroendocrine tumorsLiver metastasesSSTR2A expressionIntestinal neuroendocrine tumorsKi67 indexNeuroendocrine tumorsPrimary tumorLiver tumorsMetastatic small intestinal neuroendocrine tumorsMore liver lesionsMost liver tumorsCorresponding liver metastasesMore liver tumorsFormalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sectionsParaffin-embedded sectionsMetastatic lesionsMetastatic tumorsSI-NETsSame patientLiver lesionsIHC scoreMetastasisScoring systemSignificant associationTumor tissue