title: Preoperative diagnosis and surgical management of neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors: general recommendations by a consensus workshop.
abstract: In 1996 a consensus workshop on the preoperative diagnosis and surgical treatment of neuroendocrine tumor disease took place in Berlin. Although there was a consensus on the diagnosis and surgical treatment by world experts in neuroendocrine surgery in some areas, it became clear that certain management policies vary among centers. In large part, diverging policies reflect a lack of controlled studies. This paper summarizes the various opinions brought forward during this conference and emphasizes consensus approaches for the diagnosis and therapy of neuroendocrine neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Abteilung Innere Medizin/Gastroenterologie und Infektiologie, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiedenmann
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mignon
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Modlin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skogseid
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oberg
mesh_terms: D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*