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Title:

Surveillance strategy for small asymptomatic non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Document type:
Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Review
Author(s):
Sallinen, Ville; Le Large, Tessa Y S; Galeev, Shamil; Kovalenko, Zahar; Tieftrunk, Elke; Araujo, Raphael; Ceyhan, Güralp O; Gaujoux, Sebastien
Abstract:
Non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PNET) are rare neoplasms being increasingly diagnosed. Surgical treatment or expectant management are both suggested for small NF-PNETs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of surveillance strategy for small NF-PNETs.A systematic search was performed up to March 2016 in MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library according to the PRISMA guidelines. Data was pooled using the random-effects model.Nine articles including 344 patients wi...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
HPB (Oxford)
Year:
2017
Journal volume:
19
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
310-320
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.hpb.2016.12.010
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28254159
Print-ISSN:
1365-182X
TUM Institution:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
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