Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy of the adrenal gland with
an unfavorable prognosis. It is rare in the pediatric population, with an incidence of 0.2-0.3 …

Catecholamine-producing tumors of childhood include most notably neuroblastoma, but
also pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL). Diagnosis of the former depends …

A novel synthetic approach to 6-18F-fluoro-3, 4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine (18F-DOPA),
involving the nucleophilic substitution of a diaryliodonium salt precursor with non-carrier …

Background Diagnosis of pheochromocytoma (PC) is based on a combination of clinical
suspicion, finding an adrenal mass, increased plasma, and urine concentrations of …

Background Patients who experience severe brain injuries are at risk of secondary brain
damage, because of delayed vasospasm and edema. Traditionally, many of these patients …

Pheochromocytoma (PHEO) and paraganglioma (PGL) are catecholamine-producing
neuroendocrine tumors that arise respectively inside or outside the adrenal medulla …

Objectives The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma relies on the measurement of plasma free
metanephrines assay whose reliability has been considerably improved by ultra-high …

The global burden of cancer as a major cause of death and invalidity has been constantly
increasing in the past decades. Monoamine oxidases (MAO) with two isoforms, MAO-A and …

Neuroendocrine tumors constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors arising from hormone-
secreting cells and are generally associated with a dysfunction of secretion …

Betel quid (BQ) and areca nut (AN)(major BQ ingredient) are group I human carcinogens
illustrated by International Agency for Research on Cancer and are closely associated with …