Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors:Are tumors smaller than 2 cm truly indolent?
作者机构:Hepatobilary and Liver Transplant UnitHospital Pablo Tobon Uribe and Gastrohepathology Group Universidad de AntioquiaMedellin 050034AntioquiaColombia Department of General SurgeryUniversidad Pontificia BolivarianaMedellín 050034AntioquiaColombia
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology》 (世界胃肠肿瘤学杂志(英文版)(电子版))
年 卷 期:2024年第16卷第5期
页 面:1756-1762页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Neuroendocrine tumor Pancreatic neoplasm Pancreas Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
摘 要:BACKGROUND Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors(PNETs)are relatively rare but rank as the second most common pancreatic *** can be functional,causing early metabolic disturbances due to hormone secretion,or non-functional and diagnosed later based on tumor size-related *** diagnoses of PNETs under 2 cm in size have sparked debates about their management;some practitioners advocate for surgical removal and others suggest observation due to the tumors’lower potential for ***,it is unclear whether managing these small tumors expectantly is truly *** To evaluate poor prognostic factors in PNETs based on tumor size(2 cm or2 cm)in surgically treated *** This cohort study included 64 patients with PNETs who underwent surgical resection between 2006 and 2019 at a high-complexity reference hospital in Medellín,*** assess patient survival,quarterly follow-ups were conducted during the first year after surgery,followed by semi-annual con-sultations at the hospital s hepatobiliary surgery *** variables were described using absolute and relative frequencies,and quantitative variables were expressed using measures of central tendency and their corresponding measures of *** The presence of lymph node involvement,neural involvement,and lymphovascular invasion were all associated with an increased risk of mortality,with hazard ratios of 5.68(95%CI:1.26–25.61,P=0.024),6.44(95%CI:1.43–28.93,P=0.015),and 24.87(95%CI:2.98–207.19,P=0.003),*** involvement and lymphovascular invasion were present in tumors smaller than 2 cm in diameter and those larger than 2 cm in *** recurrence rates between the two tumor groups were furthermore similar:18.2%for tumors smaller than 2 cm and 21.4%for tumors larger than 2 *** survival was additionally comparable between the two tumor *** Tumor size does not dictate prognosis;lymph node and lymphovascular involvement a