Open AccessOctreotide in Palliative Treatment of Unresectable Cholangiocarcinoma: Is it Effective for Disease Stabilization?
Author(s) -
Kiki Pistevou-Gompaki,
N. Eleftheriadis,
Christos Papaloukas,
Damianos Eleftheriadis
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical medicine oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1177-9314
DOI - 10.4137/cmo.s677
Subject(s) - medicine , octreotide , palliative treatment , palliative care , disease , general surgery , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine , oncology , somatostatin , nursing
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.
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