Small-cell undifferentiated carcinoma of neuroendocrine type originating in the gallbladder

Current Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 495-497

  Lane, Joshua E ^a   Walker, Anna N ^a   Ayers, Gregory W ^a   Foster, James L ^a   Williams, John T ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Neuroendocrine; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037056448     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(02)00638-4     Document Type: Article

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