A wait-and-watch approach to small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: prognosis and survival

• Published in: Oncotarget Vol. 7; no. 14; pp. 18978 - 18983
• Main Authors: Massironi, Sara, Rossi, Roberta Elisa, Zilli, Alessandra, Casazza, Giovanni, Ciafardini, Clorinda, Conte, Dario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Impact Journals LLC 05.04.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Staging; Neuroendocrine Tumors - diagnosis; Neuroendocrine Tumors - pathology; Neuroendocrine Tumors - surgery; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery; Prognosis; Research Paper; Survival Rate; Watchful Waiting - methods; non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; pNEN; pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms; neuroendocrine tumors

Whether all the small (ø≤20mm) non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) should be routinely resected is unclear. To assess the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with small pNENs, followed-up with different management options. Between 2007-2014, 5...