Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

small NONFUNCTIONAL pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. #absite #surgery #Surgicalresidency #medicaleducation. If they are functional they need to be resected. Size doesn't matter much in those cases as patients have symptoms. Size plays more of an important role in terms of the decision to operate or not in small nonfunctional tumors.
Apart from size, tumor biology - mitotic figures, Ki-67 plays an important role in decision making.