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Sporadic Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors

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Pancreatic endocrine neoplasias (pNENs) are uncommon but fascinating tumors with an annual incidence of 1 per 100,000 people. pNENs present as either functional tumors, causing specific hormonal syndromes like Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES) or organic hyperinsulinism, or as pancreatic endocrine nonfunctional tumors (NF-pNENs). The natural history of pNENs is highly variable. Ninety percent of all insulinomas or small NF-pNENs are readily curable by surgical resection. Most other functional and late detected NF-pNENs have a less favorable chance for cure. Patients with completely resected tumors generally have a good prognosis, and an aggressive surgical approach combined with conservative treatment options in patients with advanced disease often results in long-term survival.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marburg and Giessen, Marburg, Germany

    Volker Fendrich

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Fendrich, V., Bartsch, D.K. (2018). Sporadic Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors. In: Neoptolemos, J., Urrutia, R., Abbruzzese, J., Büchler, M. (eds) Pancreatic Cancer. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7193-0_8

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