Vol 57, No 2 (2006)
Review paper
Published online: 2006-05-26
Contemporary methods of diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine gastrointestinal tumors
Endokrynol Pol 2006;57(2):174-186.
Abstract
Neuroendocrine tumors of digestive tract (GEP NET) occur
rather rarely, causing many problems with both diagnosis
and treatment. Thanks to the extreme devotion of specialists,
a great leap has been made in the field development.
Clinicians and scientists gathered in The European Neuroendocrine
Tumour Society publish current proposals for diagnosis
solutions, together with the most up-to-date methods
of treatment, which we have attempted to present in this
general overview. It describes general methods of treating
patients with GEP NET, as well as discusses ways of dealing
with cases of tumours type foregut, midgut and hindgut.
Keywords: gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsdiagnosticsbiochemical tumor markerssurgerysomatostatin--analogsinterferon αradionuclide therapychemotherapy
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