Calcitonin-secreting tumors of the pancreas: About six cases

Pancreas

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-550

  Fleury, Antoine ^a   Fléjou, Jean François ^a   Sauvanet, Alain ^a   Molas, Georges ^a   Vissuzaine, Christiane ^b   Hammel, Pascal ^a   Lévy, Philippe ^a   Belghiti, Jacques ^a   Bernades, Pierre ^a   Ruszniewski, Philippe ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Endocrine pancreatic tumors; Liver metastases; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCITONIN; CHROMOGRANIN; FLUOROURACIL; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SOMATOSTATIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345131665     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199805000-00014     Document Type: Article

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