Malignant insulinomas with hepatic metastases successfully treated with selective internal radiation therapy [3]

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-411

  Ho, Kenneth Wai Kheong ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOXURIDINE; STRONTIUM 89; TECHNETIUM 99M; YTTRIUM 90;

ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULINOMA; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INSULINOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33747338238     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02599.x     Document Type: Letter

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