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Carcinoid tumors are rare and often resistant to chemotherapy agents. Although a slow-growing tumor, patients can have significant morbidity associated with carcinoid syndrome and patients will often die as a result of tumor progression. We report the first case of a patient with a metastatic carcinoid tumor to respond to an oxaliplatin-based regimen. Further studies are needed to validate this observation.
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Tetzlaff, E.D., Ajani, J.A. Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for the treatment of a metastatic carcinoid tumor. Int J Gastrointest Canc 36, 55–58 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:36:1:055
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