Neuroendocrine tumors: a registry of 1000 patients
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Neuroendocrine tumors: a registry of 1,000 patients.
UNLABELLED Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) can originate diffusely in most organs, with varying clinical presentations. The relative rarity of these tumors, previously referred to as carcinoids, encouraged several centers worldwide to study NET. Since 2003, a similar group was established in , the GETNE - Grupo de Estudo de Tumores Neuroendocrinos (Neuroendocrine Tumors Study Group) that included 3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0104-4230
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302008000400014