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Title
Identification of unknown primary tumors in patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases.
Authors
Wang, Sam C; Parekh, Justin R; Zuraek, Marlene B; Venook, Alan P; Bergsland, Emily K; Warren, Robert S; Nakakura, Eric K
Abstract
For patients with neuroendocrine tumor (NET) liver metastases, resection of the primary tumor may prevent local complications (obstruction, ischemia, and bleeding) and improve survival. Despite preoperative evaluation, the primary tumor location may remain unknown.
Publication
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2010, Vol 145, Issue 3, p276