title: Comparison of survival between malignant neuroendocrine tumours of midgut and pancreatic origin.
abstract: The survival of 64 consecutive patients with disseminated midgut carcinoid tumours was compared in a retrospective study with that of 25 consecutive patients with sporadic malignant endocrine pancreatic tumours treated according to similar surgical principles. The presence of hepatic metastases implied a worse prognosis in neuroendocrine tumours of pancreatic rather than midgut origin. This infers that these tumour types must be separated when treatments are evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Johanson
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Tisell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Olbe
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wängberg
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahlman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology*; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis