A Prognostic Scoring System for the Prediction of Metastatic Recurrence Following Curative Resection of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.
Shonan ShoColin M CourtPaul WinogradPaul A TosteJoseph R PisegnaMichael LewisTimothy R DonahueOscar J HinesHoward A ReberDavid W DawsonJames S TomlinsonPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)
The combination of tumor size, LN status, grade, and Ki-67 was identified as the most highly predictive indicators of metastatic recurrences in resected PNETs. The proposed prognostication strategy may help stratify patients for adjuvant therapies, enhanced surveillance protocols and future clinical trials.
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