The diagnosis and medical management of advanced neuroendocrine tumors.

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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that originate from endocrine glands such as the pituitary, the parathyroids, and the (neuroendocrine) adrenal, as well as endocrine islets within glandular tissue (thyroid or pancreatic) and cells dispersed between exocrine cells, such as endocrine cells of the digestive (gastroenteropancreatic) and respiratory tracts. Conventionally, NETs may present with a wide variety of functional or nonfunctional endocrine syndro...

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Authors: Kaltsas, G; Besser, G; Grossman, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Endocrine reviews
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 458-511
• Publication date: 2004-06-01
• DOI: 10.1210/er.2003-0014
• EISSN: 1945-7189
• ISSN: 0163-769X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Somatostatin; Prognosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Humans; Parathyroid Neoplasms; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Quality of Life; Interferon-alpha; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Thyroid Neoplasms; Pituitary Neoplasms; Tumor Markers, Biological; Sensitivity and Specificity; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine