title: The use of chemotherapy in the management of neuroendocrine tumors.
abstract: This article discusses chemotherapy of neuroendocrine gut and pancreatic tumors and carcinoid tumors. Single-agent and combination chemotherapy in malignant carcinoid tumors are reviewed, as is chemotherapy of endocrine pancreatic tumors and liver-targeted chemotherapy. Future prospects for the use of chemotherapy are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oberg
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy