Publication details
Neuroendokrinní nádory pankratu-pohled chirurgia
| Title in English | Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors therapy-surgeon's perspective |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Onkologie |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Keywords | pancreas; neuroendocrine tumor; surgery |
| Description | The authors put forward a review article summarizing current opinion in diagnostics and therapy of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. They present actual TNM classification of these tumors highlighting CT, MRI, EUS and octreosan as standard imaging methods. In the field of therapy, radical, RO resection, which brings the best overall survival, is accented. They also accept the possibility of debulking resections and liver transplantation in the cases of local advanced and metastatic diseases respectively. They point out the different prognosis of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and pancreatic cancer. At the end the authors emphasize the importace of multimodal aproach and cooperation, which is demostrated in two case reports. |