Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in Oran – Epidemiological, histological and therapeutic aspects

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Introduction: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) are rare, they represent third of digestive NETs. Their incidence is increasing with a rate that has been multiplied by 5 over the past 20 years to reach 0.6 cases/100,000. This increase is probably related to better detection of this type of tumor. The discovery is often fortuitous or following a non-specific symptomatology which depends on the seat of the tumor. They are often the cause of mainly hepatic metastases. Only surgery at an early stage allows a good evolution. Few data are available on pNETs in our country.

Aim(s): Describe epidemiological, clinical, histological profile of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors patients and determine patients' evolution.

Materials and methods: Data were obtained from two years of recording as part of monitoring by the hospital cancer registry of the Oran Hospital and University Establishment (Algeria). Central coding is done using CIMO2 and CIM10 supports.

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Authors: Boumansour N, Khalifa S, Kehili H, Bengueddache A, Tabeti B,

Keywords: pancreas, neuroendocrine tumor, epidemiology, histology,