European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society 2023 guidance paper for functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour syndromes
There is very much a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach to treating Neuroendocrine Tumours (NET) in Europe and many other places. In Europe and the extra-Europe CoEs in Australia, Israel and the USA, this is centred on the establishment of the Centre of Excellence programme that has been running since 2009. But underneath that are some excellent MDTs not yet accredited who may still utilise ENETs guidelines to treat and manage their patients. This 2023 guideline paper sets the scene for an important and complex group of tumours - pancreatic NETs. It's well known and accepted that the minority of pancreatic NETs are nonfunctional, depending on where you look, anything between 50 and 85%. This means functional pancreatic NETs are less common than nonfunctional. The reason for emphasis is that patient support…
