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Insights of Outcome after Resection of Small Nonfunctioning Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors.

Estela Regina Ramos FigueiraJulia Fray RibeiroThiago Costa RibeiroRicardo JureidiniGuilherme Naccache NamurThiago Nogueira CostaTelesforo BacchellaIvan Cecconello
Published in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2021)
A surgical approach to treat small sporadic NF-PNETs is safe with low mortality and high patient survival. Based on these data, small pancreatic head tumors can be more aggressive, suggesting that surgical resection is still the best option to treat small nonfunctioning PNETS. Thus, conservative treatment should be indicated very cautiously for only cases with absolute contraindications for surgery.
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