Surgical resection of the primary tumor leads to prolonged survival in metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma

Surgical resection of the primary tumor leads to prolonged survival in metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma

Abstract Background Palliative resection of the primary tumor for metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma (pNEC) patients is not recommended because of the poor prognosis compared to that of patients with well-differentiated, lower grade tumors. However, the published data supporting this rec...

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Main Authors: Tingting Feng, Wangxia Lv, Meiqin Yuan, Zhong Shi, Haijun Zhong, Sunbin Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database
Surgical therapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-019-1597-5

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