Endoscopic resection of rectal neuroendocrine tumors: zero disease-related deaths during a 10-year follow-up period.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors (GI-NETs) are slow-growing tumors with the potential for malignancy that originate from neuroendocrine cells. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment of GI-NETs are necessary to prevent metastasis. The widespread use of colonoscopy, which allows early detection of rectal neuroendocrine tumors (rNETs) that are small enough to be treated endoscopically, has resulted in an increasing rate of endoscopic resection of rNETs. However, whether the long-term prognosis of endoscopically resected rNETs is favorable has not yet been determined. This study aimed to assess whether endoscopically resected rNETs affect the long-term prognosis of patients.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 163 consecutive patients wi

SUBMITTER: Hayashi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11900432 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature