Update on Incidence, Prevalence, Treatment and Survival of Patients with Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Small bowel neuroendocrine neoplasms (SB-NEN) are rare cancers, population-based studies are needed to study this rare indolent disease. The aim of this study was to explore trends in epidemiology, treatment and survival outcomes of patients with SB-NEN based on Dutch nationwide data.

Patients and methods

Patients with grade 1 or 2 SB-NEN diagnosed between 2005 and 2015 were retrieved from the Netherlands Cancer Registry and linked to The Nationwide Network and Registry of Histo- and Cytopathology in the Netherlands. Age-adjusted incidence rates were calculated based using the direct standardization method. Survival analyses were performed with the Kaplan-Meier method.

Results

A total of 1132 patients were included for epidemiological analyses. The age-adju

SUBMITTER: Kacmaz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8236032 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature