Surgery management for sporadic small (≤2 cm), non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a consensus statement by the Chinese Study Group for Neuroendocrine Tumors (CSNET)

  • Authors:
    • Guang Yang
    • Meng Ji
    • Jie Chen
    • Rufu Chen
    • Ye Chen
    • Deliang Fu
    • Baohua Hou
    • Heguang Huang
    • Liming Jiang
    • Kaizhou Jin
    • Nengwen Ke
    • Ying Li
    • Yong Li
    • Houjie Liang
    • An'an Liu
    • Jie Luo
    • Quanxing Ni
    • Chengwei Shao
    • Boyong Shen
    • Weiqi Sheng
    • Bin Song
    • Jian Sun
    • Chunlu Tan
    • Huangying Tan
    • Qiyun Tang
    • Yingmei Tang
    • Xiaodong Tian
    • Jian Wang
    • Jie Wang
    • Wei Wang
    • Zheng Wu
    • Jin Xu
    • Qiang Yan
    • Ning Yang
    • Yinmo Yang
    • Xiaoyu Yin
    • Xianjun Yu
    • Chunhui Yuan
    • Shan Zeng
    • Guochao Zhang
    • Renchao Zhang
    • Zhiwei Zhou
    • Zhaohui Zhu
    • Chenghao Shao
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  • Published online on: December 29, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3826
  • Pages: 567-574
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Abstract

The incidence of small (≤2 cm), non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-pNETs) increased in the last decades. Before making appropriate strategy for patients with NF-pNETs ≤2 cm, pathological confirmation is vital. Incidentally diagnosed, sporadic small NF-pNETs may bring aggressive behavior and poor prognosis, such as extrapancreatic extension, lymph nodal metastasis, distant metastasis and recurrence, even causing disease-related death. Understanding and formulating an appropriate strategy for the patients with sporadic small, non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors have been controversial for some time. Although several studies have reported that patients with NF-pNETs ≤2 cm had less rate of malignant behavior compared with larger ones (>2 cm); and the surgery approach may leading to surgery-related pancreatic complications; but there is still a lack of level I evidence to convince surgeons to abandon all cases with sporadic small NF-pNETs. Based on an updated literature search and review, the members of the Chinese Study Group for Neuroendocrine Tumors (CSNET) from high-volume centers have reached a consensus on the issue of the management strategy for the sporadic small NF-pNETs. We recommend that, except for some selected patients with NF-pNETs <1 cm, incidentally discovered and unacceptable surgical risks, all others with NF-pNETs ≤2 cm should undergo tumor resection with lymph node dissection or at least lymph node sampling and careful postoperative surveillance.
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Yang G, Ji M, Chen J, Chen R, Chen Y, Fu D, Hou B, Huang H, Jiang L, Jin K, Jin K, et al: Surgery management for sporadic small (≤2 cm), non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a consensus statement by the Chinese Study Group for Neuroendocrine Tumors (CSNET). Int J Oncol 50: 567-574, 2017.
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Yang, G., Ji, M., Chen, J., Chen, R., Chen, Y., Fu, D. ... Shao, C. (2017). Surgery management for sporadic small (≤2 cm), non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a consensus statement by the Chinese Study Group for Neuroendocrine Tumors (CSNET). International Journal of Oncology, 50, 567-574. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3826
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Yang, G., Ji, M., Chen, J., Chen, R., Chen, Y., Fu, D., Hou, B., Huang, H., Jiang, L., Jin, K., Ke, N., Li, Y., Li, Y., Liang, H., Liu, A., Luo, J., Ni, Q., Shao, C., Shen, B., Sheng, W., Song, B., Sun, J., Tan, C., Tan, H., Tang, Q., Tang, Y., Tian, X., Wang, J., Wang, J., Wang, W., Wu, Z., Xu, J., Yan, Q., Yang, N., Yang, Y., Yin, X., Yu, X., Yuan, C., Zeng, S., Zhang, G., Zhang, R., Zhou, Z., Zhu, Z., Shao, C."Surgery management for sporadic small (≤2 cm), non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a consensus statement by the Chinese Study Group for Neuroendocrine Tumors (CSNET)". International Journal of Oncology 50.2 (2017): 567-574.
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Yang, G., Ji, M., Chen, J., Chen, R., Chen, Y., Fu, D., Hou, B., Huang, H., Jiang, L., Jin, K., Ke, N., Li, Y., Li, Y., Liang, H., Liu, A., Luo, J., Ni, Q., Shao, C., Shen, B., Sheng, W., Song, B., Sun, J., Tan, C., Tan, H., Tang, Q., Tang, Y., Tian, X., Wang, J., Wang, J., Wang, W., Wu, Z., Xu, J., Yan, Q., Yang, N., Yang, Y., Yin, X., Yu, X., Yuan, C., Zeng, S., Zhang, G., Zhang, R., Zhou, Z., Zhu, Z., Shao, C."Surgery management for sporadic small (≤2 cm), non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a consensus statement by the Chinese Study Group for Neuroendocrine Tumors (CSNET)". International Journal of Oncology 50, no. 2 (2017): 567-574. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2016.3826