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Elsevier Innovations in the Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America 1st Edition by Grossman, Ashley B.
This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, edited by Dr. Ashley Grossman, will focus on Innovations in the Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors. Topics include, but are not limited to, Molecular targeted therapy of NETs - State of the art; Surgical approaches to the management of liver metastases; Liquid biopsies for NETs - circulating tumour cells and DNA; Novel functional imaging of NETs; The problem of appendiceal carcinoids; Peptide radioreceptor therapy comes of age; Current chemotherapy use in NETs; The problem of grade 3 NETs; Molecular genetic studies of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours reveal new therapeutic approaches; The new WHO classification; Gastrinomas - medical or surgical treatment; When and how to use somatostatin analogues; The NETest as the way forward; Lung and thymic carcinoids; Carcinoid heart disease; Gastric carcinoids; New treatments for the carcinoid syndrome; and The genesis of the NETs concept - From Oberdorfer to 2018. Foreword: Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors in the Twenty-First Preface: NET-Working for the Future The New World Health Organization Classification for Pancreatic NeuroendocrineNeoplasia Liquid Biopsies for Neuroendocrine Tumors: Circulating Tumor Cells, DNA, and MicroRNAs The NETest: The Clinical Utility of Multigene Blood Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors Novel Functional Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors Molecular Genetic Studies of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: New Therapeutic ApproachesWhen and How to Use Somatostatin Analogues New Treatments for the Carcinoid Syndrome Gastrinomas: Medical or Surgical Treatment Current Chemotherapy Use in Neuroendocrine Tumors Peptide Receptor Radiotherapy Comes of Age Surgical Approaches to the Management of Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases Gastric Carcinoids The Problem of Appendiceal Carcinoids Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Review The Problem of High-Grade Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors, Neuroendocrine Carcinomas, and Beyond Lung and Thymic Carcinoids The Genesis of the Neuroendocrine Tumors Concept: From Oberndorfer to 2018