title: Pancreatic endocrine tumor in Japan.
abstract: Japanese clinicians and scientists have contributed significantly to reporting, investigating, and managing patients with pancreatic endocrine tumors and other multiple endocrine neoplasias for the past several decades. This article summarizes the latest progress in this field in Japan. Particularly, our contribution to the development of diagnostic and localization methods is reviewed. Further, the present use of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and the application of the laparoscopic surgery for pancreatic endocrine tumor in Japan are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Surgical Basic Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. doir@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ryuichiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komoto
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Michihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saga
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015408:Gastrinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D007564:Japan; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis; D012633:Secretin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; D012633:Secretin; D002118:Calcium