Treatment of Liver Metastases in Patients with Digestive Neuroendocrine Tumors

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1981-1992

  Rossi, Roberta Elisa ^a,b   Massironi, Sara ^b   Spampatti, Matilde Pia ^a,b   Conte, Dario ^a,b   Ciafardini, Clorinda ^a   Cavalcoli, Federica ^a   Peracchi, Maddalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastro entero pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP NETs); Liver metastases; Liver directed therapies; Somatostatin analogues

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866555560     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1951-1     Document Type: Review

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