Comparison of prognosis between observation and surgical resection groups with small sporadic non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms without distant metastasis.
Yusuke KuritaKazuo HaraTakamichi KuwaharaNobumasa MizunoNozomi OkunoShin HabaMasataka OkunoSeiji NatsumeYoshiki SendaKensuke KubotaAtsushi NakajimaYasumasa NiwaYasuhiro ShimizuPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2019)
The prognosis of small localized PNENs is good. Observation may be an alternative to surgery in high-risk patients and those with small G1 tumors, particularly those measuring ≤ 1 cm.