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Year in Review 2018 by the Brazilian Gastrointestinal Tumors Group: Neuroendocrine Tumors

Brazilian Journal of Oncology, 2018
Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with variable prognoses and clinical presentations. Therefore their therapeutic management is challenging, involving a real multidisciplinary approach composed of medical ...
Duilio R. Rocha, Juliana F. Rego, Rachel P. Riechelmann   +2 more
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Use of somatostatin analog in management of carcinoid syndrome [PDF]

, 1989
Carcinoid tumors are the most frequent gut neuroendocrine tumors accounting for more than 50% of all tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) axis.
Moattari, Ali Reza, Vinik, Aaron I.
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Unicentric castleman disease complicated by paraneoplastic bronchiolitis obliterans and pemphigus

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) and paraneoplastic pemphigus are rare and ominous complications of Castleman disease. Collectively, these processes have been reported as part of paraneoplastic autoimmune multiorgan syndrome (PAMS), and they can occur in ...
Hassan A. Raza, MD., Brandon T. Nokes, MD., Allison C. Rosenthal, DO., Aaron R. Mangold, MD., Katalin Kelemen, MD., Clinton E. Jokerst, MD., Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, MD.,MSc.   +6 more
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Therapy of metastatic carcinoid tumor and the malignant carcinoid syndrome with recombinant leukocyte A interferon.

, 1989
Twenty-seven patients with metastatic carcinoid tumor, 24 of whom had the malignant carcinoid syndrome, were treated with recombinant leukocyte A interferon at a planned dose of 24 x 10(6) U/m2.
C G Moertel, J Rubin, L K Kvols
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1): An Update and the Significance of Early Genetic and Clinical Diagnosis

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare hereditary tumor syndrome inherited in an autosomal dominant manner and characterized by a predisposition to a multitude of endocrine neoplasms primarily of parathyroid, enteropancreatic, and anterior ...
Crystal D. C. Kamilaris, Constantine A. Stratakis   +1 more
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Long-term results of patients with malignant carcinoid syndrome receiving octreotide LAR

, 2009
Background  Octreotide LAR is an established treatment for malignant carcinoid syndrome. However, studies with large number of patients and long follow-up are lacking.Aim  To present long-terms results with octreotide LAR, assessing duration of clinical ...
Buscombe, J., Caplin, M. E., Toumpanakis, C., Soh, J., Garland, J., Srirajaskanthan, R., Davies, P., Marelli, L.   +7 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paediatric development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review focuses on the development of radiopharmaceutical imaging agents and radioligand therapeutics for paediatric use. Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of various childhood conditions, including cancers, infections and brain disorders.
Justin L. Hay, Amandine Manon, Hunter Stephens, S. Y. Amy Cheung, Bart de Keizer, Erik T. te Beek   +5 more
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Synchronous bilateral typical pulmonary carcinoid tumours diagnosed by robotic navigation bronchoscopy: A unique case

Respirology Case Reports
Pulmonary carcinoids are uncommon malignant neoplasms, believed to derive from specialized neuroendocrine cells known as Kulchitsky cells. We evaluated a 69‐year‐old female presenting symptoms consistent with carcinoid syndrome, such as intermittent ...
Menna Megahed, Roozbeh Sharif, Yazan Abdeen   +2 more
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Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors - Current management strategies

, 1997
BACKGROUND: Carcinoid or neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, although characteristically indolent, are also quite heterogeneous both with respect to histologic and endocrine features and with respect to clinical presentation and behavior.
Memon, Muhammed Ashraf, Nelson, Heidi
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