A single center's experience of the extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinomas

Celik E., Samanci N. S., Derin S., Bedir S., DEĞERLİ E., ORUÇ K., ...More

NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL, vol.9, no.1, pp.35-40, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.14744/nci.2021.47887
  • Journal Name: NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.35-40
  • Keywords: Extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma, liver metastasis, platinum and etoposide, ENETS CONSENSUS GUIDELINES, LUNG, CANCER, TUMORS, G3
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-NEC) is a rare tumor type, and a standard therapy for EP-NEC has not yet been established. The purpose of this research was to explore the overall survival (OS) and therapeutic effects of platinum-etoposide combination therapy in EP-NEC.