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- Title
Radical surgical treatment of neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix in children - a Polish multicenter study.
- Authors
Panek, Małgorzata; Szymczak, Marek; Stepaniuk, Maria; Górecki, Wojciech; Gawłowska-Marciniak, Aleksandra; Wolak, Przemysław; Zbyrad, Dariusz; Rybkiewicz, Marek; Chrobak, Kamila; Noparlik, Ryszard; Niedzielski, Jerzy; Janik, Przemysław; Nowak, Jan; Miaśkiewicz, Witold; Kamiński, Andrzej; Fischer, Wojciech; Dembowska-Bagińska, Bożena; Kaliciński, Piotr
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>The aim of the study was to examine management of pediatric appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors (ANETs) in Poland.<bold>Methods: </bold>Records of 27 patients with ANET diagnosed incidentally after appendectomy in the last decade.<bold>Results: </bold>Well-differentiated NET G1/G2 was diagnosed in 25 and well-differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma G3 in 2 patients. Extended surgery was performed primarily in one instance and secondarily in 10 patients (right hemicolectomy in 9, ileocecal resection in 1) without adjuvant chemotherapy. Follow-up range was 1-121 months. Recurrence after secondary surgery was observed in 1 (3.7%) patient.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Applying ENETS guidelines resulted in 100% overall survival of patients with NET.
- Subjects
POLAND; TUMORS in children; NEUROENDOCRINE tumors; OVERALL survival; TUMOR treatment; DIAGNOSIS; APPENDECTOMY; RIGHT hemicolectomy
- Publication
Archives of Medical Science, 2021, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1128
- ISSN
1734-1922
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.5114/aoms/135706