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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor staging

Introduction

Staging

Staging

The 2010 WHO classification of tumors of the digestive system grades all the neuroendocrine tumors into three categories, based on their degree of cellular differentiation (from well-differentiated “NET G1” through to poorly-differentiated “NET G3”). The NCCN recommends use of the same AJCC-UICC staging system as pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Using this scheme, the stage by stage outcomes for PanNETs are dissimilar to pancreatic exocrine cancers.[1] A different TNM system for PanNETs has been proposed by The European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society.

References

References

  1. ↑ National Cancer Institute. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Islet Cell Tumors) Treatment (PDQ®) Incidence and Mortality [1]

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