Octreotide in Palliative Treatment of Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma: Is it Effective for Disease Stabilization?
| Autor: | D. Eleftheriadis, Kiki Pistevou-Gompaki, Christos Papaloukas, N. Eleftheriadis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Palliative treatment business.industry octreotide LAR Clinical science Cancer Octreotide palliative treatment Disease lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens medicine.disease lcsh:RC254-282 Klatskin tumor Oncology Apoptosis medicine Cancer research Medical journal business cholangiocarcinoma Letter to the Editor medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Medicine. Oncology Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology, Vol 2 (2008) |
| ISSN: | 1177-9314 |
| Popis: | also reported a positive experience in liver metastases from non-neuroendocrine tumors with the use of octreotide LAR.A possible antitumor mechanism of octreotide is a stimulatory effect on Kupffer cells, induction of apoptosis or other antiproliferative actions, inhibition of proliferation, which have been suggested but not proved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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