Multidisciplinary treatment of advanced thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid): Report of a successful case and review of the literature

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1215-1219

  Filosso, Pier Luigi ^a,b   Dato, Guglielmo Maria Actis ^a,b   Ruffini, Enrico ^a,b   Bretti, Sergio ^a,c   Dzzello, Franca ^a,c   Mancuso, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a San Giovanni Battista Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Civil Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; OCTREOTIDE; PENTETREOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STERNOTOMY; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CARCINOID;

EID: 1842506149     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.09.058     Document Type: Article

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