Pattern and Clinical Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement in Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (NF-PanNETs) | Zendy

Stefano Partelli | Zendy; Sébastien Gaujoux | Zendy; Letizia Boninsegna | Zendy; Rim Chérif | Zendy; Stefano Crippa | Zendy; Anne Couvelard | Zendy; Aldo Scarpa | Zendy; Philippe Ruszniewski | Zendy; Alain Sauvanet | Zendy; Massimo Falconi | Zendy

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Pattern and Clinical Predictors of Lymph Node Involvement in Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (NF-PanNETs)

Author(s) -

Stefano Partelli,

Sébastien Gaujoux,

Letizia Boninsegna,

Rim Chérif,

Stefano Crippa,

Anne Couvelard,

Aldo Scarpa,

Philippe Ruszniewski,

Alain Sauvanet,

Massimo Falconi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3376

Subject(s) - medicine , neuroendocrine tumors , lymph node , lymphadenectomy , pathological , metastasis , receiver operating characteristic , odds ratio , logistic regression , oncology , radiology , cancer

Nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs) are often indolent neoplasms without lymph node (LN) metastasis at diagnosis. Therefore, in patients with low risk of LN metastasis, the extent of surgery and lymphadenectomy could be limited and follow-up adjusted to the very low risk of relapse.

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