Treatment of Liver Metastases in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors
1Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Endocrine Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
2Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Medicine, St. James's Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
4H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Treatment of Liver Metastases in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors
Description
Neuroendocrine tumors are usually slowly growing neoplasms, which arise in the gastrointestinal tract, endocrine pancreas, lungs, or thymus. A majority are malignant. The most frequent location for distant metastases is the liver, and liver failure is the most common cause of death. Hence, in order to improve the prognosis in these patients, there is a need for better treatment of liver involement.
We invite investigators to contribute original research papers as well as review articles that will stimulate the understanding and progress of treatment of liver metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Surgical treatment of liver metastases
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Liver transplantation
- Liver embolization and chemoembolization
- Radioembolization
- Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Biotherapy
- Newer therapies
- MicroRNA-regulated pathways in neuroendocrine tumors
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