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Letter to the editor| Volume 31, ISSUE 9, P2060-2061, September 2009

Letter to the editor

  • Emilio Bajetta
    Affiliations
    Medical Oncology Unit 2, Centro Nazionale di Riferimento per lo Studio e la Cura dei Carcinoidi, e dei Tumori Neuroendocrini (Ce.Ri.Ca.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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  • Giuseppe Procopio
    Affiliations
    Medical Oncology Unit 2, Centro Nazionale di Riferimento per lo Studio e la Cura dei Carcinoidi, e dei Tumori Neuroendocrini (Ce.Ri.Ca.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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  • Valentina Guadalupi
    Affiliations
    Medical Oncology Unit 2, Centro Nazionale di Riferimento per lo Studio e la Cura dei Carcinoidi, e dei Tumori Neuroendocrini (Ce.Ri.Ca.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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  • Michele Del Vecchio
    Affiliations
    Medical Oncology Unit 2, Centro Nazionale di Riferimento per lo Studio e la Cura dei Carcinoidi, e dei Tumori Neuroendocrini (Ce.Ri.Ca.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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