Open AccessSmall pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: observe and monitor or prompt surgical resection
Author(s) -
Javier A. Cienfuegos,
Luis Hurtado-Pardo,
Fernando Rotellar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.8419/2021
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroendocrine tumors , pancreas , incidence (geometry) , surgical resection , radiology , pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor , resection , general surgery , surgery , physics , optics
Over recent decades there has been a significant increase in the annual incidence of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas (PanNETs), from 0.4 to 0.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, due to a more widespread use of more sensitive imaging techniques (cross-sectional and functional imaging).