Open AccessLarge Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: Case Report and Review
Author(s) -
Hugo Coelho,
Bruno Jorge Pereira,
Paulo António Santos Temido Caetano
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1159/000356270
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , urinary bladder , metastasis , chemotherapy , regimen , neuroendocrine tumors , carcinoma , radiation therapy , urology , bladder cancer , surgery , cancer
Neuroendocrine carcinomas of the urinary bladder are relatively rare, accounting for less than 1% of all bladder carcinomas. These tumors can be divided into the more indolent typical or atypical carcinoid tumors and the aggressive small cell and large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas.
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