Liver metastases of neuroendocrine tumours; early reduction of tumour load to improve life expectancy

BACKGROUND: Neuroendocrine tumours frequently metastasize to the liver. Although generally slowly progressing, hepatic metastases are the major cause of carcinoid syndrome and ultimately lead to liver dysfunction, cardiac insufficiency and finally death. METHODS: A literature review was performed to...

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Main Authors: Veenendaal, Liesbeth M, Rinkes, Inne HM Borel, Lips, Cornelis JM, van Hillegersberg, Richard
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: BioMed Central 2006
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Online dostop:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1524962/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16800893
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-4-35
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