Dong and colleagues present a retrospective study evaluating risk factors associated with tumor recurrence for patients with non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. This study includes over 800 patients from the US Neuroendocrine Study Group. The results of their study indicate that
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: What are they?
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (otherwise known as islet cell carcinoma or islet cell tumors) are a type of neuroendocrine tumor (NET) found in the pancreas. While a large portion of tumors found in the pancreas are adenocarcinoma (the most common type
Pancreatic Cancer, Diagnosis and Treatment
Pancreatic cancer starts in the pancreas, which is an organ within the abdomen that lies right behind the lower part of the stomach. Diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer can be challenging. The job of the pancreas is to