BRAF Gene Is Somatically Mutated but Does Not Make a Major Contribution to Malignant Melanoma Susceptibility: The Italian Melanoma Intergroup Study Forty-two patients with advanced thymoma or thymic ...

Octreotide may extend survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Forty-one per cent of HCCs have high-affinity somatostatin receptors. We aimed to determine the feasibility, safety, and activity of ...

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Seufert et al. (Dec. 27 issue) 1 describe a man with tumor-induced (oncogenic) osteomalacia, in which the subcutaneous administration of octreotide abolished renal tubular phosphate wasting. The ...

Robert Ramirez, DO, FACP: There have been several advances in neuroendocrine tumor treatment and diagnostics over the last several years. One of the biggest ones is the approval of the Gallium-68 ...

In-111-DTPA-octreotide scan (A) demonstrates recurrent mesenteric nodule (arrow) on the anterior view in a patient with a mid-gut carcinoid tumor resected 5 years previously, with no other tumor seen ...

Background. A 61-year-old patient with no relevant medical or family history presented with a 2 month history of refractory dry cough that led to the diagnosis of typical carcinoid tumor of the lung ...