Renewal of ideas and focus of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm
LOU Wen-hui
Abstract:The incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (GEP-NENs) is increasing. More emphasis should be paid to the multidisciplinary cooperation and construction of regional center of excellence. The goals of treatment for GEP-NENs are improving quality of life, prolonging survival and control of symptom related to excessive hormone secretion. There are still lots of problems need to be solved in this field, such as accurate pathological grade and stage, molecular target for diagnosis and treatment, proper treatment sequence and evaluation criteria, and whether all neuroendocrine tumor need to be treated. The answers to these questions will improve the outcome of GEP-NENs.
Keywords:gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neo-plasmmultidisciplinary teamconstruction of regional center of excellence
Publication Date:2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:3( 476-478 )
