A case of endocrine cell carcinoma of the ascending colon with liver metastasis treated with hepatectomy after excision of the primary lesion and systemic chemotherapy

• Published in: Gan to kagaku ryoho Vol. 41; no. 1; p. 107
• Main Authors: Yamanashi, Takahiro, Nishi, Tomohiko, Yamamoto, Tatsuma, Toriumi, Fumiki, Koshida, Yoshitomo, Mukai, Kiyoshi, Shimoyama, Yutaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Aged; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized - administration & dosage; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Bevacizumab; Capecitabine; Colon, Ascending - pathology; Colon, Ascending - surgery; Colonic Neoplasms - drug therapy; Colonic Neoplasms - pathology; Colonic Neoplasms - surgery; Combined Modality Therapy; Deoxycytidine - administration & dosage; Deoxycytidine - analogs & derivatives; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms - drug therapy; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms - surgery; Fluorouracil - administration & dosage; Fluorouracil - analogs & derivatives; Hepatectomy; Humans; Liver Neoplasms - drug therapy; Liver Neoplasms - secondary; Liver Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Organoplatinum Compounds - administration & dosage

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