Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-127

  Davies, Karen ^b   Conlon, Kevin C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE;

BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTRINOMA; GLUCAGONOMA; HUMAN; INSULINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ISLET CELL NONFUNCTIONING TUMOR; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SOMATOSTATINOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIPOMA; ZOLLINGER ELLISON SYNDROME;

ADENOMA, ISLET CELL; ALGORITHMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, ISLET CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTRINS; GLUCAGON; HUMANS; INSULIN; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATOSTATIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63149109473     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-009-0019-1     Document Type: Review

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