
Clinical characteristics and outcome of primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumors after comprehensive therapy
Author(s) -
Hao Wang,
Zhao-Chen Liu,
Gong Zhang,
Lu-Hao Li,
Lin Li,
Qingbo Meng,
Pei-Ju Wang,
Dongqi Shen,
Xiaowei Dang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v12.i9.1031
Subject(s) - medicine , chromogranin a , carcinoembryonic antigen , neuroendocrine tumors , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , immunohistochemistry , survival rate , pathology , cancer
Primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumors (PHNETs), a group of neuroendocrine neoplasms, are extremely rare. There are only few case reports about PHNETs in the literature. The lack of large samples and multicenter research results in poor diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.