Clinical Prognosticators of Metastatic Potential in Patients with Small Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.

Eduardo A VegaOnur C KutluSylvia V AlarconOmid SalehiVera KazakovaOlga KozyrevaJennifer A ChanClaudius Conrad

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2021)

While the low metastatic potential of ≤2cm NF-PanNET implies watchful waiting to be an appropriate strategy for most patients, the increased risk of metastatic disease in younger patients with high grade (III-IV) body/tail tumors suggests individualized risk stratification to be optimal.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
small cell lung cancer
high grade
neuroendocrine tumors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
signaling pathway
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
lps induced
inflammatory response
cell proliferation