title: Guidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (including bronchopulmonary and thymic neoplasms). Part I-general overview.
abstract: The incidence of neuroendocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system seems to have increased during the past decade. New diagnostic and therapeutic procedures have aroused the interest of physicians, though most see very few cases of such diseases. A group of members of the Nordic Neuroendocrine Tumour Group decided to compile some guidelines to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of patients with these tumours. Part I of these guidelines discusses the principles of histopathology, biochemical and radiological diagnosis as well as therapeutic options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrine Oncology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. kjell.oberg@medsci.uu.se
authors.forename: Kjell
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oberg
authors.forename: Lone
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Astrup
authors.forename: Barbro
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Sture E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Falkmer
authors.forename: Ursula G
authors.initials: UG
authors.lastname: Falkmer
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gustafsen
authors.forename: Caj
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haglund
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Knigge
authors.forename: Morten H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Vatn
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Välimäki
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents