Small cell carcinoma of the pancreas: Role of EUS-FNA and subsequent effective chemotherapy using carboplatin and etoposide

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 432-438

  Sakamoto, Hiroki ^a   Kitano, Masayuki ^a   Komaki, Takamitsu ^a   Noda, Kazu ^a   Chikugo, Takaaki ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carboplatin; Etoposide; Pancreas; Pancreatic carcinoma; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 67349250341     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0004-3     Document Type: Article

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