Neuroendocrine carcinoma of gallbladder: Report of 2 cases

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 144-146

  Pavithran, Keechilat ^a   Prabhash, Kumar ^a   Hazarika, Diganta ^a   Doval, Dinesh C ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Gallbladder; Neuroendocrine carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844333232     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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