A case of long survival in poorly differentiated small cell carcinoma of the pancreas

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 4964-4967

  Chung, Min Sung ^a   Ha, Tae Kyung ^a   Lee, Kyeung Geun ^a   Paik, Seung Sam ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary; Pancreas; Pancreatic carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CALCIUM; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PHOSPHATE; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55449103487     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4964     Document Type: Article

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