Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC): diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment
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Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC): diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment
Adrenocortical carticnoma (ACC) is a rare malignancy with an incidence of 0.7-2.0 cases/million habitants/year. The diagnosis of malignancy relies on careful investigations of clinical, biological, and imaging features before surgery and pathological examination after tumor removal. Most patients present with steroid hormone excess or abdominal mass effects, but 15% of patients with ACC is init...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2296-634X
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2015.00045