Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Practical Approach to Diagnosis, Classification, and Therapy /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: La Rosa, Stefano (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sessa, Fausto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Endocrinology.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book provides a broad overview of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, focusing on the most important developments in the technologies used to diagnose, classify, and treat them. After a historical and epidemiological overview, the opening chapters examine the various diagnostic approaches (rad...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical background and epidemiology
• Radiological diagnosis
• Nuclear medicine diagnosis
• Endocrinological approach to diagnosis
• Cytological diagnosis
• Classification
• Immunohistochemical approach to diagnosis
• Insulinoma
• Glucagonoma
• Somatostatinoma
• VIPoma
• Gastrinoma
• ACTH-producing tumor
• Serotonin-producing tumor
• GRF-, GH-, Ghrelin- and PTH-producing tumor
• Nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms including PP-, calcitonin- and neurotensin-producing tumors
• Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas
• Mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma of the pancreas
• Hyperplastic and dysplastic pancreatic neuroendocrine lesions
• Molecular pathology
• Surgical therapy
• Pharmacological therapy.