NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS OF THE BRONCHOPULMONARY SYSTEM AND THE THYMUS: MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSIS

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This review deals with the  analysis of up-to-date concepts  of various types  of human  neuroendocrine tumors of the bronchopulmonary system and the thymus. It summarizes the information on the specifics  of  the  recent  histological  classification from 2015 and  criteria of morphological  diagnosis taking into account  histological and  immuno   data on key molecular markers involved in the development of neuroendocrine tumors of the bronchopulmonary system  and  the  thymus  are  also presented.

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V. V. Delektorskaya

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Moscow

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Email: delektorskaya@yandex.ru
Delektorskaya Vera Vladimirovna – MD, PhD, Head of Histochemistry and Electron Microscopy Laboratory Russian Federation

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