Carcinoid Heart Disease and Decreased Overall Survival among Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Retrospective Multicenter Latin American Cohort Study

Carcinoid Heart Disease and Decreased Overall Survival among Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Retrospective Multicenter Latin American Cohort Study

The background to this study was that factors associated with carcinoid heart disease (CHD) and its impacts on overall survival (OS) are scantly investigated in patients (pts) with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). In terms of materials and methods, a retrospective multicenter cohort study was conducted...

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Main Authors: Deise Uema, Carolina Alves, Marcella Mesquita, Jose Eduardo Nuñez, Timo Siepmann, Martin Angel, Juliana F. M. Rego, Rui Weschenfelder, Duilio R. Rocha Filho, Frederico P. Costa, Milton Barros, Juan M. O’Connor, Ben M. Illigens, Rachel P. Riechelmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
neuroendocrine tumors
carcinoid heart disease
carcinoid syndrome
somatostatin analogues
metastases
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/3/405

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