Diagnosis and treatment progress of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

VernacularTitle:胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤诊疗进展
Author: Jinping WEI ; Zhilei SU ; Yanxi CHU ; Feng QI ; Yi LI ; Sheng TAI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumors; Pancreatic neoplasms; Diagnosis; Therapeutics
From: Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2016;(2):190-192
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) is a rare and heterogeneous group of tumors with widely varying morphologies and behaviors. Due to their rarity and heterogeneity, progress in improving its treatment has been slow. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) is a subset of NETs, previously known as islet cell tumors, occupies 3% of the primary pancreatic tumors with the annual incidence rate of (1-2)/100 000. In recent years, it is very necessary to improve the diagnosis and treatment of pNETs.