Significance of regular somatostatin analogues and interferon-alfa application in patients with highly differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (clinical case)


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Abstract

Presented clinical case demonstrates the importance of regular use of somatostatin analogues and interferon-alpha in patients with well differentiated NETs.

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Galina S. Emelianov

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

Email: docgalina@mail.ru
MD 115478, Moscow, Russian Federation

V. A Gorbunova

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

115478, Moscow, Russian Federation

N. F Orel

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

115478, Moscow, Russian Federation

A. A Markovich

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

115478, Moscow, Russian Federation

A. E Kuzmiovn

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

115478, Moscow, Russian Federation

V. Yu Selchuk

N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center

115478, Moscow, Russian Federation

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