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    Radiologe. 2009 Mar;49(3):198-205.

    [Classification of gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors]

    [Article in German]

    Perren A, Schmitt A, Komminoth P, Pavel M.

    Institut für Pathologie und pathologische Anatomie, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Deutschland. aurel.perren@lrz.tum.de

    Tumors of the disseminated/diffuse neuroendocrine system (NET) are characterized by a common phenotype. However, the biology varies according to histomorphology, endocrine symptoms and organ of origin. The WHO classification takes these differences into account and uses a common framework, where the parameters size and extent of invasion vary according to the organ of origin. In order to achieve a further standardization of reporting the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) recently proposed a tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging and grading system for gastro-entero-pancreatic NET.

    PMID: 19224191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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