Observational study of surgical resection in small non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: AS SEER-based study.

ABSTRACT: The potential benefits of surgical resection for small non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PNETs) in terms of survival remain uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of surgical treatment on patients with NF-PNETs. Using SEER data, we identified 1102 patients from 2004 to 2015 with well and moderately differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs). The associations between continuous variables and receipt of surgery were assessed using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for OS were compared using the log-rank test. We compared outcomes in patients who received surgical resection with those in patients who did not, using a univariable Cox model with inverse probability weighting according to the propensity score and propensity-score mat

SUBMITTER: Lin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10406806 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature