Nonfunctioning Islet Cell Tumors of the Pancreas: Clinical, Imaging and Pathological Aspects in 16 Patients

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 255-261

  Furukawa, Hiroyoshi ^a   Mukai, Kiyoshi ^b   Kosuge, Tomoo ^a   Kanai, Yae ^b   Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Yamamoto, Junji ^a   Mizuguchi, Yasunori ^a   Ushio, Kyosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endocrine tumor of the pancreas; Pancreatic neoplasm; Pathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032038272     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.4.255     Document Type: Article

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