Metallothionein protein and minichromosome maintenance protein-2 expression in adrenocortical tumors

Some resected adrenal-confined adrenocortical carcinomas metastasize and others not. The present study was designed to evaluate the expression of metallothionein protein (MT) and minichromosome maintenance protein-2 (MCM2) in adrenocortical carcinomas and adrenocortical adenomas, and to test the correlation between this and adrenocortical carcinoma aggressiveness.The study comprised 14 patients operated on for adrenocortical carcinoma, 15...