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- Title
The ENETS and AJCC/UICC TNM classifications of the neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and the pancreas: a statement.
- Authors
Klöppel, Günter; Rindi, Guido; Perren, Aurel; Komminoth, Paul; Klimstra, David S.; Klöppel, Günter
- Abstract
The authors ponder on the tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) classifications of the neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and the pancreas, proposed by the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) and American Joint Committee on Cancer and the International Union Against Cancer (AJCC/UICC) regarding. They say that the classifications aim to raise awareness of the differing criteria for staging gastroenteropancreatic (GEP)-NETS. They add that the classifications differ in the definitions of the T stages pancreas and appendix tumors.
- Subjects
TUMOR classification; GASTROINTESTINAL tumors; PANCREATIC tumors; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE tumors
- Publication
Virchows Archiv: European Journal of Pathology, 2010, Vol 456, Issue 6, p595
- ISSN
0945-6317
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00428-010-0924-6