Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder: Long survival achieved by multimodal treatment

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-355

  Shimono, Chigusa ^a   Suwa, Kazuhiro ^a   Sato, Morio ^a   Shirai, Shintaro ^a   Yamada, Katsuyuki ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gallbladder; Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249168259     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-008-0843-6     Document Type: Article

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