Progress in Basic and Clinical Pharmacology / Octreotide: From Basic Science to Clinical Medicine

Part 1 Basic science: the somatostatin cell, C. Bordi et al; somatostatin receptors, M.J.-M. Lewin and M. Le Romancer; somatostatin - biological actions and pathophysiology, V. Schusdziarra; octreotide, the synthetic long-acting somatostatin analogue - pharmacological profile, C. Scarpignato. Part 2 Endocrine diseases: the medical treatment of acromegaly with octreotide, A. Liuzzi et al; octreotide and non-GH pituitary tumors, R.J. Comi; potential role of octreotide in the treatment of diabetes, H. Gronbaek and H. Orskov. Part 3 Digestive diseases: octreotide and somatostatin in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices, E. Panagou et al; the management of nonvarical upper digestive bleeding - is there a role for somatostatin and its analogues?, I.M. Modlin et al; medical management of Dumping syndrome - the place of octreotide, C. Scarpignato et al; treatment of refractory diarrhoeas with octreotide, M.J.G. Farthing; role of octreotide in the medical treatment of acute pancreatitis, M.W. Buchler et al; octreotide in preventing complications from pancreatic surgery, P. Pederzoli et al; octreotide in the treatment of pancreatic fistulae, I.J. Fedorak and R.A. Prinz; treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts with octreotide, L. Gullo; the place of octreotide in the medical management of neuroendocrine gut tumors, C. Scarpignato and I.M. Modlin. Part 4 Therapeutic perspectives: effects of octreotide on angiogenesis, R. Danesi and M. Del Tacca; octreotide and nonendocrine tumors - basic knowledge and therapeutic potential, J.C. Reubi; analgesic effect of octreotide - therapeutic potential, J.A. Paice et al; the role of octreotide scintigraphy in clinical diagnosis and therapy, D.J. Kewkkeboom et al. Part 5 Safety and tolerability: safety profile of octroetide, C. Scarpignato and M.G. Gamboni.