Neuroendocrine tumours of the gallbladder: Three cases and a review of the literature

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1002, 2009, Pages 213-218

  Iype, S ^a   Mirza, T A ^a   Propper, D J ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Feakins, R M ^a   Kocher, H M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPEPTIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GALLSTONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 65749095904     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.070649     Document Type: Review

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