Genetics and Molecular Biology of Adrenocortical Carcinoma
摘要
This chapter describes the main findings of genetics and molecular biology of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) that could have clinical implications and should be considered by a clinician when approaching a new case of this rare disease. Therefore, the content of this chapter is deliberately concise and interested readers will find more exhaustive information in the literature cited. Five main macro-items will be discussed including germline DNA mutations, chromosome number alterations, somatic DNA/RNA alterations, epigenetic alterations and molecular biology of single molecules pathways relevant in ACC.