Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?

Diagnosis and treatment of functioning and non-functioning neuroendocrine tumors is a challenging task. Surgeru remains the only radical method of treatment of these tumors, but tumors often are diagnosed at the stage of metastasis, when only palliative treatment is possible. Octreotide in patients...

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Main Author: L. Yu. Morgunov
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Language:Russian
Published: QUASAR, LLC 2015-06-01
Series:Исследования и практика в медицине
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Online Access:https://www.rpmj.ru/rpmj/article/view/64
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description Diagnosis and treatment of functioning and non-functioning neuroendocrine tumors is a challenging task. Surgeru remains the only radical method of treatment of these tumors, but tumors often are diagnosed at the stage of metastasis, when only palliative treatment is possible. Octreotide in patients with neuroendocrine tumors remains a drug with proven efficacy that can suppress the clinical symptoms of carcinoid syndrome and has antiproliferative activity, which can improve the quality of life and prolong survival.
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spelling doaj-art-e8f9d37a025f48838c97bad9c53ce55b2025-02-03T07:12:18ZrusQUASAR, LLCИсследования и практика в медицине2410-18932015-06-0122637210.17709/2409-2231-2015-2-2-63-7243Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?L. Yu. Morgunov0Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov Ulitsa Delegatskaya, 20/1, Moskva, 127473, RussiaDiagnosis and treatment of functioning and non-functioning neuroendocrine tumors is a challenging task. Surgeru remains the only radical method of treatment of these tumors, but tumors often are diagnosed at the stage of metastasis, when only palliative treatment is possible. Octreotide in patients with neuroendocrine tumors remains a drug with proven efficacy that can suppress the clinical symptoms of carcinoid syndrome and has antiproliferative activity, which can improve the quality of life and prolong survival.https://www.rpmj.ru/rpmj/article/view/64octreotide, somatostatin analogues, neuroendocrine carcinomas, carinoid syndrome
spellingShingle L. Yu. Morgunov
Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
Исследования и практика в медицине
octreotide, somatostatin analogues, neuroendocrine carcinomas, carinoid syndrome
title Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
title_full Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
title_fullStr Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
title_full_unstemmed Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
title_short Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
title_sort octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas is the success achieved
topic octreotide, somatostatin analogues, neuroendocrine carcinomas, carinoid syndrome
url https://www.rpmj.ru/rpmj/article/view/64
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