Progress of the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2015.04.019
- VernacularTitle:胃肠道神经内分泌肿瘤的诊断和治疗进展
- Author:
Nengquan SHENG
;
Yi YANG
;
Zhigang WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Gastrointestinal tract;
Neuroendocrine tumors;
Diagnostic evaluation;
Therapeutics
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2015;(4):309-312
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor(GI-NET)originates from peptide neurons and neu-roendocrine cells in gastrointestinal tract,and secrets peptide hormones,leading to carcinoid syndrome which rarely happens in clinical practice. Because of the improvement of diagnostic method and understanding of this rare disease,the morbidity is rising in recent years. The main treatments of GI-NET are surgery and compre-hensive therapy,consisting of chemotherapy and targeted therapy.
