Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NEMs) is increasing, but etiology of sporadic, non-familial disease remains obscure. Behavioral risk factors like smoking and alcohol consumption may be associated with GEP-NENs, yet environmental factors potentially associated with GEP-NENs remain unexamined. We regressed age-adjusted incidence rates for GEP-NENs cases in California (CA) on county-level pollution data to determine if an association ...

Background: In patients with locally advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET), surgical resection is associated with improved survival. There is a paucity of data whether there is a benefit for multivisceral resection for locally advanced PNET compared to pancreatectomy alone. This study investigated the association of surgical resection on overall survival comparing pancreas specific and multivisceral resection for PNET.Methods: The Surveillance...