Selective hepatic arterial chemoembolization for liver metastases in patients with carcinoid tumor or islet cell carcinoma

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 474-478

  Kim, Yeul Hong ^a   Ajani, Jaffer A ^a,c   Humberto Carrasco, C ^b   Dumas, Pamela ^a   Richli, William ^b   Lawrence, David ^b   Chuang, Vincent ^b   Wallace, Sidney ^b  

^a Dept Gastrointest Med Oncol D ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GELFOAM; OCTREOTIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL SPONGE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NAUSEA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344809956     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357909909032856     Document Type: Article

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