The impact of failure to achieve symptom control after resection of functional neuroendocrine tumors: An 8 ‐institution study from the US Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group

ConclusionsFailure to achieve symptomatic improvement after resection of functional NETs is associated with worse RFS. These patients may benefit from short ‐interval surveillance imaging postoperatively to assess for earlier radiographical disease recurrence.

Source: Journal of Surgical Oncology - November 27, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mohammad Y. Zaidi, Alexandra G. Lopez ‐Aguiar, George A. Poultsides, Mary Dillhoff, Flavio G. Rocha, Kamran Idrees, Hari Nathan, Emily R. Winslow, Ryan C. Fields, Kenneth Cardona, Shishir K. Maithel, and other members of the US Neuroendocrine Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research