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The Use of Lanreotide Autogel® in the Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction in a Patient with Adenocarcinoma

Intestinal obstruction is a common complication in patients with advanced abdominal or pelvic cancer. The synthetic somatostatin analogue octreotide can help relieve nausea, vomiting and pain in patients with inoperable obstruction. Here, we report a case of recurrent intestinal obstruction in a pat...

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Autor principal: Lybaert, Willem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24575015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000358124