Digestive neuroendocrine tumours: Diagnosis and treatment in Italy. A survey by the oncology study section of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology [SIGE]

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-221

  Corleto, V D ^d   Panzuto, F ^d   Falconi, M ^a   Cannizzaro, R ^b   Angeletti, S ^d   Moretti, A ^d   Delle Fave, G ^d   Farinati, F ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Oncology Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Gastrointestinal oncology; Neuroendocrine tumour; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0035025341     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(01)80710-6     Document Type: Article

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