2014
Endoscopic Approaches for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Rustagi T, Farrell J. Endoscopic Approaches for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. 2014, 95-109. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1798-3_7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsEndoscopic ultrasoundNeuroendocrine tumorsDiagnosis of PNETSmall Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine TumorsTreatment of pNETsNonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsSomatostatin receptor scintigraphyRare pancreatic neoplasmEUS-guided tissue acquisitionMagnetic resonance imagingInterventional endoscopic ultrasoundNonoperative managementReceptor scintigraphyPreoperative assessmentPancreatic tumorsEndoscopic approachImmunologic confirmationPancreatic neoplasmsIntraoperative localizationComputed tomographyTumor behaviorTissue acquisitionResonance imagingAxial imaging
2007
Risk of Malignancy in Resected Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas ≤3 cm in Size: Is it Safe to Observe Asymptomatic Patients? A Multi-institutional Report
Lee C, Scheiman J, Anderson M, Hines O, Reber H, Farrell J, Kochman M, Foley P, Drebin J, Oh Y, Ginsberg G, Ahmad N, Merchant N, Isbell J, Parikh A, Stokes J, Bauer T, Adams R, Simeone D. Risk of Malignancy in Resected Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas ≤3 cm in Size: Is it Safe to Observe Asymptomatic Patients? A Multi-institutional Report. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2007, 12: 234-242. PMID: 18040749, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0381-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCystic pancreatic tumorsPancreatic resectionFemale patientsCystic neoplasmsRadiographic featuresPancreatic tumorsRecent international consensus guidelinesHigh-volume pancreatic centersPancreatic resection databaseGroup of patientsInternational consensus guidelinesPresence of malignancyPrevalence of malignancyMagnetic resonance imagingAsymptomatic patientsMale patientsPancreatic centersConsensus guidelinesPathological dataMalignant pathologyEndoscopic ultrasoundHigh incidencePatientsMalignancyGreater incidence