Applications of a novel tumor-grading-metastasis staging system for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Applications of a novel tumor-grading-metastasis staging system for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

The ability to stratify patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (p-NETs) into prognostic groups has been hindered by the absence of a commonly accepted staging system. Both the 7th tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging guidelines by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) and the 2010 grading classifications by the World Health Organization (WHO) were validated to be unsatisfactory.W...

TNM Staging of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

We aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics and compare the surgical outcome of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) using the 2 tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) systems by both the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual (seventh edition) and the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS). Moreover, we sought to validate the prognostic value of the new AJCC

Classification, Grading, and Staging of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas

Breast metastasis from the pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor origin detected by 99mTc-Octreotate scan

A 50 years old woman with history of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor diagnosed 2 years ago, which has not been surgically removed,was referred to our department for a 99mTc-Octreotate in order to evaluate the somatostatin receptor status. She was treated with regular sandostatin injections and chemotherapy. Her CT scan which was previously performed confirmed lung, adrenal and hepati...

Tumor-node-metastasis staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Accurate disease staging of patients with pancreatic cancer is essential to divide patients into prognostic subgroups, to allow delivery of stage-specific therapies, and to facilitate meaningful discussions between physicians and patients regarding management and expected outcomes. The tumor-node-metastasis staging system of the American Joint Commission on Cancer has undergone significant revi...