Hypervascularization is a typical feature of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and it frequently allows their recognition at imaging studies. However, the density of microvessels in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors changes according to their biological behavior, and a low microvessel density is associated with higher disease aggressiveness. The primary aim was to investigate the relationship between microvessel density and aggressiveness of nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The secondary aim was to evaluate the ability of contrast-enhanced computed tomography and contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in predicting tumor microvessel density.
Preoperative assessment of microvessel density in nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs) / Battistella, Anna; Partelli, Stefano; Andreasi, Valentina; Marinoni, Ilaria; Palumbo, Diego; Tacelli, Matteo; Lena, Marco Schiavo; Muffatti, Francesca; Mushtaq, Junaid; Capurso, Gabriele; Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio; De Cobelli, Francesco; Doglioni, Claudio; Perren, Aurel; Falconi, Massimo. - In: SURGERY. - ISSN 1532-7361. - 172:4(2022), pp. 1236-1244. [10.1016/j.surg.2022.06.017]
Preoperative assessment of microvessel density in nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs)
Battistella, AnnaPrimo
;Partelli, StefanoSecondo
;Andreasi, Valentina;Palumbo, Diego;Tacelli, Matteo;Muffatti, Francesca;Mushtaq, Junaid;Capurso, Gabriele;Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio;De Cobelli, Francesco;Doglioni, Claudio;Falconi, Massimo
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2022-01-01
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Hypervascularization is a typical feature of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and it frequently allows their recognition at imaging studies. However, the density of microvessels in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors changes according to their biological behavior, and a low microvessel density is associated with higher disease aggressiveness. The primary aim was to investigate the relationship between microvessel density and aggressiveness of nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The secondary aim was to evaluate the ability of contrast-enhanced computed tomography and contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound in predicting tumor microvessel density.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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