ea0098b7 | Basic Science | NANETS2023
Makinen Netta
, Zhou Meng
, Zhang Zhouwei
, Kasai Yosuke
, Kim Grace E.
, Thirlwell Chrissie
, Nakakura Eric
, Meyerson Matthew
Background: Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumor (SI-NET) is one of the major cancer subtypes of the small bowel. Most SI-NETs locate in the terminal ileum with a high incidence of multiple synchronous primary tumors. The only essentially curative treatment of SI-NETs is complete surgical resection; however, most SI-NET patients cannot undergo surgery as they typically present with an extensive metastatic disease. Several high-throughput sequencing studies have reported low s...