Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Small-bowel neuroendocrine tumours (SB-NET) commonly metastasise despite most being low grade. The NET nomogram developed, estimates 5- and 10-year survival in SB-NET by allocating scores for 15 clinicopathological parameters. We comparatively evaluated the prognostic power of this nomogram, the WHO/ENETS grading and AJCC/UICC staging systems.Methods: Patients with histologically-confirmed SB-NET were identified from databases at two tertiary...

Background: Neuroendocrine tumours of the appendix (ANET) are relatively indolent tumours typically identified incidentally at surgery for suspected appendicitis. The role of right hemicolectomy (RH) for tumours with ‘high risk’ features is debated. We compared the management of ANET at three centres against ENETS criteria for therapy selection.Methods: Retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with ANET at three tertiary centres. Patients...