My doctor feels cytotoxic treatment, after embolization, is pointless -- what is your viewpoint?
Submitted by carcinoid@opton... on Sat, 06/26/2010 - 12:31am
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Cytoxic treatment is NOT pointless, especially after embolization treatment. It prolongs life. See article by Moertel et. al. The management of patients with advanced carcinoid tumors and islet cell carcinomas.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=8291824&dopt=Abstract
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