The role of chemotherapy and/or octreotide in patients with metastatic gastroenteropancreatic and hepatobiliary neuroendocrine carcinoma

BACKGROUND: Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) of the gastro-entero-pancreatic (GEP) and hepatobiliary (HB) tract are rare and a heterogenous group of malignancies. Octreotide showed the anti-tumor activity in functional and nonfunctional well differentiated metastatic midgut neuroendocrine tumors (NE...

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Published in:J Gastrointest Oncol
Main Authors: Lee, Suk-young, Choi, Yoon Ji, Chang, Won Jin, Shin, Sang Won, Kim, Yeul Hong, Kim, Seung Tae
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226820/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25436125
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.075
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