A fuller understanding of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours combined with aggressive management improves outcome

Pancreatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-600

  Ong, S L ^a   Garcea, G ^a   Pollard, C A ^a   Furness, P N ^a   Steward, W P ^b   Rajesh, A ^a   Spencer, L ^a   Lloyd, D M ^c   Berry, D P ^a   Dennison, A R ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Endocrine tumours; Gastrinoma; Gastroenteropancreatic system; Glucagonoma; Insulinoma; Islet cell; Neuroendocrine tumours; Pancreas; Vipoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANGIOPEPTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLOROZOTOCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANIN B; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUTETIUM 177; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; NEUROPILIN 2; OCTAPEPTIDE; OCTREOTIDE; SECRETOGRANIN II; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; STREPTOZOCIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VATALANIB; YTTRIUM 90;

ALOPECIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTRINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCAGONOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULINOMA; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MONOTHERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CELL; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOMATOSTATINOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049102990     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212085     Document Type: Review

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