Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0046p25 | (1) | UKINETS2016

Prognostic factors that mandate long term follow up following surgery for appendix neuroendocrine tumours (aNETs)

Alabraba Edward , Joshi Heman , Tufo Andrea , Malik Hassan , Banks Melissa , Fenwick Stephen , Cuthbertson Daniel , Poston Graeme

Background: Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours (aNETs) are usually diagnosed incidentally at appendicectomy, are indolent and rarely recur. Current ENETS guidelines inform aNETs management and highlight areas of uncertainty. We aimed to identify risk factors that predict lymph node metastasis, residual disease at completion surgery, or disease recurrence and also assessed survival according to ENETS stage.Methods: We retrospectively analysed a prospectiv...