Characteristics and long-term prognosis of patients with rectal neuroendocrine tumors

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 20; no. 43; pp. 16252 - 16257
• Main Authors: Chi, Yihebali, Du, Feng, Zhao, Hong, Wang, Jin-Wan, Cai, Jian-Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 21.11.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; characterist; Clinical; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Staging; neuroendocrine; Neuroendocrine Tumors - mortality; Neuroendocrine Tumors - pathology; Neuroendocrine Tumors - secondary; Neuroendocrine Tumors - surgery; Proportional Hazards Models; Rectal; Rectal Neoplasms - mortality; Rectal Neoplasms - pathology; Rectal Neoplasms - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Retrospective Study; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; tumors; Rectal neuroendocrine tumors; Clinical characteristics; Prognostic factors

AIM:To analyze the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic factors of rectal neuroendocrine tumors.METHODS:The records of 48 patients with rectal neuroendocrine tumors who were treated at the Cancer Institute and Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing,from March 2004 to Septem...