Gastrinomas: Advances in Diagnosis and Management

Vol. 80, Suppl. 1, 2004

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Current Status of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary and Sporadic Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastroenteropancreatic System
European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS), Budapest, March 2004
Guest Editor: Bertram Wiedenmann, Berlin

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Gastrinomas: Advances in Diagnosis and Management
Robert T. Jensen

Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA

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Neuroendocrinology 2004;80 (Suppl. 1):23-27 (DOI: 10.1159/000080736)

Key Words

Gastrinomas
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy

Abstract

Gastrinomas causing Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) are the most common functional, malignant pancreatic endocrine tumors. In this paper, the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors are reviewed, incorporating recent advances in each area. Furthermore, recent advances in their pathology, molecular pathogenesis, and aspects of their localization using somatostatin receptor scintigraphy, as well as their treatment are discussed. Recent data from our NIH prospective studies on patients with ZES are included to illustrate many of these points.

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Robert T. Jensen
NIH/NIDDK/DDB, Bldg. 10, Rm. 9C-103
10 Center DR MSC 1804
Bethesda MD 20892-1804 (USA)
Tel. +1 301 496 4201, Fax +1 301 402 0600, E-Mail robertj@bdg10.niddk.nih.gov

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Number of Print Pages : 5
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 18

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