A nation-wide retrospective epidemiological study of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms in china.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Representative data on the gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) in Asian patients is rare, especially in China. This study aims to create a GEP-NENs profile of Chinese patients.

Methods

This was a hospital-based, nation-wide, and multi-center 10-year (2001-2010) retrospective study which collected GEP-NEN patients' information in tertiary referral hospitals. All 2010 inpatient GEP-NEN cases with confirmed pathology in the selected hospitals were included. The primary GEP-NEN sites were measured and the epidemiological and clinical information of each tumor site were compared.

Results

The most common primary sites for GEP-NEN were the pancreas (31.5%) and rectum (29.6%), followed by the cardia (11.6%) and body (15.4%) of stomach. Small

SUBMITTER: Fan JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5641082 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature