Recent trends in the treatment of well-differentiated endocrine carcinoma of the small bowel

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1696-1706

  Poncet, Gilles ^a   Faucheron, Jean Luc ^b   Walter, Thomas ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Gastrointestinal neoplasms; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Somatostatin analogs; Surgery; Therapeutic chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYESTRADIOL; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOPEPTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; BIM 23A 760; CAPECITABINE; CISPLATIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; EVEROLIMUS; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LX 1032; MITOMYCIN C; OCTREOTIDE; OXALIPLATIN; PASIREOTIDE; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PENTETREOTIDE; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SORAFENIB; STREPTOZOCIN; SUNITINIB; TEMOZOLOMIDE; THALIDOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOID; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FATIGUE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MESENTERITIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE CARCINOMA; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77951020620     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i14.1696     Document Type: Article

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