Neuroendocrine tumors of unknown primary: is the primary site really not known?

JAMA Surg. 2014 Sep;149(9):889-90. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.216.

Authors

Emily K Bergsland¹, Eric K Nakakura²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco3UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco.
² Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco3UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 25029597
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.216

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / drug therapy
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / secondary*
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery
Cell Differentiation
Diagnostic Imaging
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Ileal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Ileal Neoplasms / pathology
Liver Neoplasms / secondary
Liver Neoplasms / surgery
Lymphatic Metastasis
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnosis*
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / pathology*
Prognosis