Incidence and prognostic value of serotonin secretion in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.

Wouter T ZandeeRoxanne C van AdrichemKimberly KampRichard A FeeldersMarie-Louise F van VelthuysenWouter W de Herder

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2017)

Carcinoid syndrome is rare in patients with a PNET, but serotonin secretion occurs often. This is a negative prognostic factor for OS, but after correction for CgA and NSE, it is no longer a predictor and probably only a "not-so innocent bystander" in patients with high tumour burden.

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prognostic factors
risk factors
case report