Role of surgery in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Autor: | Brian Hung-Hin Lang, JS Tsang, Kai Pun Wong |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Zdroj: | Gland surgery. 7(1) |
ISSN: | 2227-684X |
Popis: | Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (PNETs) are rare. They are generally accepted to be slow-growing and have an indolent course. These tumours can be non-functioning or functioning, consisting of a biochemically heterogeneous group of tumours including insulinomas, gastrinomas, carcinoids and glucagonomas. Although surgery remains the mainstay of treatment, controversy still exists especially for non-functioning tumours |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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