Successful treatment of an advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with the long-acting somatostatin analog lanreotide |
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| Authors: | M Raderer MH Hejna A Kurtaran GV Kornek JB Valencak G Oberhuber F Vorbeck I Virgolini W Scheithauer |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna, Austria. |
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| Abstract: | Treatment options for hepatocellular cancer apart from surgical resection are limited because of the drug-refractory nature of this disease. Little is known about the role of somatostatin-receptors in hepatocellular cancer, and somatostatin analogs have not been investigated for treatment of this malignancy. We present the case of a 68-yr-old male, who was successfully treated with the long-acting somatostatin analog lanreotide. |
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