Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms. Classification and Diagnostic Criteria
نویسنده
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Diagnostic and therapeutic role of endoscopy in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms.
Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms have substantially increased over the last decades. Because of the indolent clinical course of the disease even in advance stages and the rise in the incidental diagnosis of small asymptomatic lesions, the prevalence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms is higher than that of pancreatic, gastric and oesophageal adenocarcinomas, makin...
متن کاملEpidemiology and classification of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms using current coding criteria
BACKGROUND The lack of uniform criteria for coding of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasia (GEP-NEN) has hampered previous epidemiological studies. The epidemiology of GEP-NEN was investigated in this study using currently available criteria. METHODS All patients diagnosed with GEP-NEN between January 2003 and December 2013 in a well defined Norwegian population of approximately 35...
متن کاملNeuroendocrine tumors involving the gastroenteropancreatic tract: a clinicopathological evaluation of 773 cases
OBJECTIVE Description of some of the clinical pathological characteristics of neuroendocrine tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic tract in Brazilian patients. INTRODUCTION Neuroendocrine tumors arise in many organs and share common pathological features. In 2010, the World Health Organization published a new classification for neuroendocrine tumors using a three-tiered system that applies the...
متن کاملGuidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (including bronchopulmonary and thymic neoplasms). Part II-specific NE tumour types.
Part II of the guidelines contains a description of epidemiology, histopathology, clinical presentation, diagnostic procedure, treatment, and survival for each type of neuroendocrine tumour. We are not only including gastroenteropancreatic tumours but also bronchopulmonary and thymic neuroendocrine tumours. These guidelines essentially cover basic knowledge in the diagnosis and management of th...
متن کاملGuidelines for the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (including bronchopulmonary and thymic neoplasms). Part I-general overview.
The incidence of neuroendocrine tumours of the gastroenteropancreatic system seems to have increased during the past decade. New diagnostic and therapeutic procedures have aroused the interest of physicians, though most see very few cases of such diseases. A group of members of the Nordic Neuroendocrine Tumour Group decided to compile some guidelines to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of...
متن کامل