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Do the math not the myth
Do the math, not the myth.
Another addition to the Invisible NET Patient Population – read more here
Source documents – please note the full study is paid article so only working from abstracts.
Rebecca L. Siegel, MPH, Xiao-Cheng Wu, MD, MPH, Steven H. Itzkowitz, MD, Jordan J. Karlitz, MD, https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0068
Neuroendocrine Neoplasms – not as rare as you think – click here
If this wasn’t enough, another study covering the same subject (referencing the above study) expands the issue to include appendiceal NETs and therefore Colon NETs. I realise the latter’s numbers are small but the appendiceal NET figures are already substantial.
Comparison of trends in early-onset colorectal cancer in North America and Europe. More evidence that the true incidence rates for Neuroendocrine Cance are being hidden by not recognising anatomical/histological subtypes. For example, in the abstract below, a second study categorised the appendix as part of the colon and did not distinguish between histological subtypes.
Read the abstract by clicking here.
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