In naive moments, we physicians sometimes think that we have “explained” a patient's
illness when we discover an occult neoplasm. However, the mere physical presence of a …

Ectopic hormone production is not always associated with endocrine manifestations and if
extensive studies of tumour hormones are made it is found that asymptomatic hormone …

THE PRODUCTION of hormones and other “marker proteins” by tumors has come to play an
increasingly important role for clinicians involved in the diagnosis and management of …

The clinicopathological entity to which we have attached the name of the “ectopic ACTH
syndrome” can no longer be considered a rarity. With increasing frequency it is recognized …

Department of Chemical Pathology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE
(Received 17 January 1975) CONTENTS PAGE Glossary of abbreviations 143 Introduction …

ALTHOUGH functioning tumors of endocrine glands have been recognized for many years it
is only recently that attention has been paid to the so-called" ectopic" production of …

In addition to symptoms produced by direct effects of tumor mass, neoplasms may produce
symptoms by elaboration of humoral substances. Heightened physician awareness of these …

THE production of hormones and other protein markers by tumors has been an intriguing
area of tumor biology. It has become apparent during the last decades that a wide range of …

Evidence that tumors arising from tissues other than the endocrine glands may be
responsible for the production of hormones or substances very much like them has been …

Evidence for periodicity in adrenocortical production of cortisol and 17-ketosteroids was
found during study of a patient with a very slow growing carcinoid-type malignant bronchial …