CHAPTER 1 The Contribution of Laboratory Medicine to the Diagnosis and Management of Endocrne Tumors DAVID B.P.GOODMAN SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY CLINICAL APPLICATION OF LIGAND-GINDING PEPTIDE HORMONE HETEROGENEITY AUTOANTIBODIES AND LIGAND-BINDING ASSAYS AUTOMATED LIGAND-BINDING ASSAYS CIRCULATING TUMOR MARKERS CA CHAPTER 2 Dispersed Neuroendocrine Cells and Their Tumors R.YOSHIYUKI OSAMURA HISTOCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO THE DISPERSED NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS AND THEIR TUMORS SURGICAL PATHOLOGY OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS CHAPTER 3 Pathology of the Pituitary Gland CAROL C.CHEUNG AND SYLVIA L.ASA THE NORMAL PITUITARY GLAND SPECIMEN HANDLING AND DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES …… CHAPTER 4 Pathology of the The Thyroid Gland CHAPTER 5 The L.APEL AND SYLVIA L.ASA CHAPTER 6 Paraganglia and the Adrenal Medulla CHAPTER 7 The Adrenal Cortex CHAPTER 8 Endocrine Pancreas CHAPTER 9 Gastrointestinal Tract CHAPTER 10 The Neuroendocrine Lung CHAPTER 11 Merkel Cell Carcinoma CHAPTER 12 Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Ovary CHAPTER 13 Testis CHAPTER 14 Placenta Index