Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: A clinicopathologic evaluation

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 422-425

  Selvakumar, Eswaran ^a   Rajendran, Shanmugasundaram ^a   Balachandar, Tirupporur Govindaswamy ^a   Kannan, Devy Gounder ^a   Jeswanth, Satyanesan ^a   Ravichandran, Palaniappan ^a   Surendran, Rajagopal ^a  

^a Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

Author keywords

Ampulla of Vater; Carcinoid tumor; Neuroendocrine tumor; Whipple's procedure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE SECTION; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AMPULLA OF VATER; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749134676     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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