Pancreatic cystic endocrine tumors: A different morphological entity associated with a less aggressive behavior

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Boninsegna, Letizia ^a   Partelli, Stefano ^b   D'Innocenzio, Maria Michela ^b   Capelli, Paola ^b   Scarpa, Aldo ^b   Bassi, Claudio ^b   Pederzoli, Paolo ^b   Falconi, Massimo ^b,c  

^a Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Chirurgia Generale B   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystic tumors; Pancreatic endocrine tumors; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREATIC CYSTIC ENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC CYST; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649906226     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318771     Document Type: Article

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