Endocrine Abstracts

During recent years, there has been some increase in the incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP–NETs). In spite of noticeable advances in development of contemporary diagnostics and therapeutics, neuroendocrine tumours still present many clinical challenges to every-day clinical practice.Therapeutic dilemmas will be presented as a case study including an example of a male patient JA, aged 68, diagnosed with hormone inactive ...

BackgroundOptimal management of patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) is essential to ensure the best treatment results. This survey aimed to obtain a comprehensive picture of NET management in Poland by examining the pathway of patients with NETs throughout their diagnosis and treatment.MethodsPhysicians treating patients with NET in 17 Polish clinical centres/hospital wards, covering approximately 80%...