Octreotide as a rapid and effective painkiller for metastatic carcinoid tumor

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-280

  Katai, Miyuki ^a   Sakurai, Akihiro ^a,b   Inaba, Hidefumi ^a   Ikeo, Yasuto ^c   Yamauchi, Keishi ^a   Hashizume, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Karuizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Interferon; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1; Octreotide; Pain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PAIN; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANALGESICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BACK PAIN; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 19744373808     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.52.277     Document Type: Article

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