Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms : practical approach to diagnosis, classification, and therapy

Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms : practical approach to diagnosis, classification, and therapy / Stefano La Rosa, Fausto Sessa, editors.

This book provides a broad overview of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, focusing on the most important developments in the technologies used to diagnose, classify, and treat them. After a historical and epidemiological overview, the opening chapters examine the various diagnostic approaches (rad...

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Other Authors: La Rosa, Stefano (Editor), Sessa, Fausto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2015]
Subjects:
Neuroendocrine tumors > Diagnosis.
Neuroendocrine tumors > Treatment.
Pancreas > Tumors.
Pathology.
Endocrinology.
Radiology.
Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
Pancreas > Tumors
pathology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Historical background and epidemiology
  • Radiological diagnosis
  • Nuclear medicine diagnosis
  • Endocrinological approach to diagnosis
  • Cytological diagnosis
  • Classification
  • Immunohistochemical approach to diagnosis
  • Insulinoma
  • Glucagonoma
  • Somatostatinoma
  • VIPoma
  • Gastrinoma
  • ACTH-producing tumor
  • Serotonin-producing tumor
  • GRF-, GH-, Ghrelin- and PTH-producing tumor
  • Nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms including PP-, calcitonin- and neurotensin-producing tumors
  • Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas
  • Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas
  • Hyperplastic and dysplastic pancreatic neuroendocrine lesions
  • Molecular pathology
  • Surgical therapy
  • Pharmacological therapy.

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