Surgical Therapy

1. Operative resection of primary carcinoid neoplasms in patients with liver metastases yields significantly better survival.

Author
Givi B; Pommier SJ; Thompson AK; Diggs BS; Pommier RF;
Institution
Department of Surgery, Divisions of Surgical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Journal
Surgery. 2006 Dec;140(6):891-7; discussion 897-8.
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2. Transanal endoscopic microsurgery in the treatment of rectal carcinoid tumor.

Author
Kinoshita T; Kanehira E; Omura K; Tomori T; Yamada H;
Institution
Endoscopic Surgery Center, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura, Chiba, 285-8741, Japan, tkinoshita@sakura.med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Journal
Surg Endosc. 2007 Feb 7;.
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3. Outcome and surgical strategy in bronchial carcinoid tumors: single institution experience with 252 patients.

Author
Rea F; Rizzardi G; Zuin A; Marulli G; Nicotra S; Bulf R; Schiavon M; Sartori F;
Institution
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. federico.rea@unipd.it
Journal
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Feb;31(2):186-91. Epub 2006 Nov 30.
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4. Laparoscopic versus open resection for appendix carcinoid.

Author
Bucher P; Gervaz P; Ris F; Oulhaci W; Inan I; Morel P;
Institution
Clinic of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, 24, Rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211, Geneva, 14, Switzerland. Pascal.Bucher@hcuge.ch
Journal
Surg Endosc. 2006 Jun;20(6):967-70. Epub 2006 May 12.
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5. Long-term outcome of bronchoscopically resected endobronchial typical carcinoid tumors.

Author
Luckraz H; Amer K; Thomas L; Gibbs A; Butchart EG;
Institution
Cardiothoracic Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom. HeymanLuckraz@aol.com
Journal
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Jul;132(1):113-5.
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6. Intraoperative management of patients with carcinoid heart disease having valvular surgery: a review of one hundred consecutive cases.

Author
Weingarten TN; Abel MD; Connolly HM; Schroeder DR; Schaff HV;
Institution
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Journal
Anesth Analg. 2007 Nov;105(5):1192-9, table of contents.
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7. Primary ovarian carcinoid heart disease curatively treated with a two-stage procedure.

Author
Bonaros N; Muller S; Bonatti J; Kafka R; Tzankov A; Bale R; Bartel T;
Institution
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. nikolaos.bonaros@uibk.ac.at
Journal
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Oct;55(7):467-9.
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8. Rectal carcinoid tumors: review of results after endoscopic and surgical therapy.

Author
Kwaan MR; Goldberg JE; Bleday R;
Institution
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mkwaan@partners.org
Journal
Arch Surg. 2008 May;143(5):471-5.
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9. Early and late results of valvular surgery for carcinoid heart disease.

Author
Castillo JG; Filsoufi F; Rahmanian PB; Anyanwu A; Zacks JS; Warner RR; Adams DH;
Institution
Journal
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 15;51(15):1507-9.

10. Long-term outcome after chemoembolization and embolization of hepatic metastatic lesions from neuroendocrine tumors.

Author
Ho AS; Picus J; Darcy MD; Tan B; Gould JE; Pilgram TK; Brown DB;
Institution
Division of Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd., Box 8131, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Journal
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 May;188(5):1201-7.
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11. Biomarkers predict outcomes following cytoreductive surgery for hepatic metastases from functional carcinoid tumors.

Author
Jensen EH; Kvols L; McLoughlin JM; Lewis JM; Alvarado MD; Yeatman T; Malafa M; Shibata D;
Institution
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA.
Journal
Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Feb;14(2):780-5. Epub 2006 Dec 5.
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12. The role of endoscopic sinus surgery in the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic orbital carcinoid tumors.

Author
Gerencer RZ; Patel U; Hunter C; Heffernan JT;
Institution
New Mexico Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialists, PC, Albuquerque 87102, USA. snot.doc@comcast.net
Journal
Ear Nose Throat J. 2007 Mar;86(3):157-61.
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13. Surgical treatment of advanced-stage carcinoid tumors: lessons learned.

Author
Boudreaux, J Philip; Putty, Bradley; Frey, Daniel J; Woltering, Eugene; Anthony, Lowell; Daly, Ivonne; Ramcharan, Thiagarajan; Lopera, Jorge; Castaneda, Wilfrido;
Institution
Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. philip.boudreaux@tenethealth.com
Journal
Ann Surg 2005 Jun;241(6):839-45; discussion 845-6.
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14. Surgical treatment of neuroendocrine tumors of the lung.

Author
Daddi, Niccolo'; Ferolla, Piero; Urbani, Moira; Semeraro, Antonia; Avenia, Nicola; Ribacchi, Rodolfo; Puma, Francesco; Daddi, Giuliano;
Institution
Thoracic Surgery, University of Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Via Brunamonti 51, 06122 Perugia, Italy.
Journal
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004 Oct;26(4):813-7.
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15. Regression of type II gastric carcinoids in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome after surgical excision of all gastrinomas.

Author
Richards, Melanie L; Gauger, Paul; Thompson, Norman W; Giordano, Thomas J;
Institution
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284, USA. richardsm@uthscsa.edu
Journal
World J Surg 2004 Jul;28(7):652-8. Epub 2004 Jun 16.
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16. Preoperative F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography maximal standardized uptake value predicts survival after lung cancer resection.

Author
Downey, Robert J; Akhurst, Timothy; Gonen, Mithat; Vincent, Alain; Bains, Manjit S; Larson, Steven; Rusch, Valerie;
Institution
Thoracic Surgery Service, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA. downeyr@mskcc.org
Journal
J Clin Oncol 2004 Aug 15;22(16):3255-60.
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