Liver transplantation can be a therapeutic option for individual patients with neuroendocrine tumors metastatic only to the liver. In this consecutive series of 15 patients (5 multivisceral and 10 orthotopic liver transplantations) with well-differentiated carcinoids, or endocrine pancreatic tumors,
Orthotopic liver transplantation in the treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumors of the liver
β Scribed by Routley, Doug ;Ramage, John K. ;McPeake, James ;Tan, Kai-Chah ;Williams, Roger
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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