Management of type 1 gastric neuroendocrine tumors: an 11-year retrospective single-center study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 1 gastric neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare to the extent that some physicians have little experience in diagnosing and treating them. The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of the disease by analyzing and summarizing the management and prognoses of patients with type 1 gastric NETs at our center.

Methods

The data of 229 patients (59.4% female) with type 1 gastric NETs who were treated at our center during 2011-2022 were retrospectively analyzed.

Results

The average patient age was 50.5 ± 10.8 years. Multiple tumors affected 72.5% of the patients; 66.4% of the tumors were < 1 cm, 69.4% were NET G1, and 2.2% were stage III-IV. A total of 76.9% of the patients had received endoscopic management, 60.7% had received trad

SUBMITTER: Chen YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10722838 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature