Neuroendocrine tumors: A multidisciplinary approach

The chapter on gastrointestinal surgery compiles the surgical indications for all sub-sites including oesophageal, gastric, duodenal, small intestinal, appendiceal, colonic, and rectal among others, also the management of neuroendocrine liver metastases has been discussed well. Other potential hormonal receptors which are targets for biotherapy such as GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1), CCK (cholecystokinin), GRP (gastrin releasing peptide), secretin, etc. have been described in a separate chapter thus completing a comprehensive overview of biotherapy. [...]this book renders a comprehensive high quality review of various aspects of neuroendocrine tumours in chapters written in a plain and simple language with appropriate illustrations, tables and references.