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ea0068nets3.4 | Optimal surgical approach for GEP-NEN in 2019 | UKINETS2019

Rectal NEN: do we really need the Surgeons?

Suzuki Noriko

Yes we need the surgeons but not for all NETs. Due to the implementation of the bowel cancer screening, we have ever been treating more and more small rectal neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). Our data suggested 42% of the NETs we treated was the ones incidentally found in the bowel cancer screening. Current ENET guideline suggested small rectal NETs are good candidates for endoscopic resection provided that complete pathological resection (R0) is obtained and their risk of metast...