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Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors

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Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (GI-NETs) arise from diffuse neuroendocrine system cells, which express neuroendocrine markers, produce certain peptide or amine hormones, and contain dense core secretory granules. NETs still retain these features after the transformation of normal neuroendocrine cells.

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Kuan, SF. (2010). Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors. In: Hunt, J. (eds) Molecular Pathology of Endocrine Diseases. Molecular Pathology Library, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1707-2_24

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