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- Title
Treatment of Metastatic Islet Cell Carcinoma with a Somatostatin Analogue (SMS 201-995).
- Authors
Kvols, Larry K.; Buck, Martin; Moertel, Charles G.; Schutt, Allan J.; Rubin, Joseph; O'Connell, Michael J.; Hahn, Richard G.
- Abstract
Presents a study that used SMS 201-995, an octapeptide analogue of somatostatin, to treat patients with advanced malignant islet cell carcinomas. Background on somatostatin; Evidence of tumor growth combined with elevated levels of marker hormones in patients; Importance of determining the size of tumor in dosage escalation or alteration in administration.
- Subjects
SOMATOSTATIN; ISLANDS of Langerhans tumors; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1987, Vol 107, Issue 2, p162
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-107-2-162