Carcinoid syndrome: A statistical evaluation of 748 reported cases

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-141

  Soga, J ^a,c   Yakuwa, Y ^a   Osaka, M ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid syndrome; Extradigestive organ; Metastases; Prognosis; Serotonin activity; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MALIGNANT CARCINOID SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SEROTONIN; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032768107     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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