Childhood carcinoid tumors: Description of a case series in a Brazilian cancer center

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Neves, Gustado Ribeiro ^a   Chapchap, Paulo ^a   Sredni, Simone Treiger ^a   Viana, Cristiano Ribeiro ^a   Mendes, Wellington Luiz ^a,b  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Diagnosis; Neuroendocrine tumors; Pathology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX CANCER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; BRAZIL; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645813424     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802006000100005     Document Type: Article

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