Outcome After Pancreatectomy for Neuroendocrine Tumor and Evaluation of the WHO 2017 Grading System: a Retrospective Multicentric Analysis of 138 Consecutive Patients.
Outcome After Pancreatectomy for Neuroendocrine Tumor and Evaluation of the WHO 2017 Grading System: a Retrospective Multicentric Analysis of 138 Consecutive Patients.
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological factors and to evaluate the prognostic accuracy of the new World Health Organization (WHO) 2017 grading system in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PanNET) patients.
Methods: Data collected between 1997 and December 2017 were analyzed. Histological grading and staging was based on the WHO 2017 grading system. Outcome after surgery and predictors of overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) were evaluated.
Inclusion criteria:
- patients with histologically proven neuroendocrine tumor located in pancreas who underwent pancreatic resection (by open, laparoscopic or robotic approach) even in case of distant metastasis at time of surgery, with no previous or concurrent malignancy.
Exclusion criteria:
- Patients with tumors diagnosed as adenocarcinoma with scattered neuroendocrine cells or with focal neuroendocrine component were excluded of this study.