The palliative management of non-islet cell tumour hypoglycaemia with glucocorticoids and somatostatin analogues in an unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.
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DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2021.0269
Abstract: Non-islet cell tumour hypoglycaemia (NICTH) results from paraneoplastic insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) secretion and its potent insulin-like effect. It causes recurrent, often severe, hypoglycaemic episodes, which is detrimental to quality of life. There is limited… read more here.
Keywords: somatostatin analogues; cell tumour; non islet; islet cell ... See more keywords