Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	9198
Country	Japan

Received	2014-01-27 10:15
Peer-Review Started	2014-02-08 14:00
To Make the First Decision	2014-04-02 19:41
Return for Revision	2014-04-12 06:28
Revised	2014-05-09 12:20
Second Decision	2014-07-30 10:00
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-07-30 10:10
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Category	Surgery
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Clinicopathological features of small nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Mariko Furukori, Koji Imai, Hidenori Karasaki, Kenji Watanabe, Kensuke Oikawa, Naoyuki Miyokawa, Masahiko Taniguchi and Hiroyuki Furukawa
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Corresponding Author	Masahiko Taniguchi, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterological and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Midorigaoka-higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa city, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan. tonny@isis.ocn.ne.jp
Key Words	Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma; Nonfunctioning; Lymphadenectomy; Treatment
Core Tip	We present our experience in studying the clinicopathological features of small nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NE-pNETs). In the present study, six of the 7 patients with sporadic NF-pNETs, excluding the patient with NEC, had small tumors that were less than 10 mm. These small tumors showed no sign of malignancy or lymph node metastasis. Additionally, these cases did not have recurrence, including lymph node and distant metastasis, for more than 10 years after surgery. These findings suggest that small NF-pNETs tend to have less malignant potential and no lymph nodes metastasis. Lymphadenectomy may be omitted in the future for small NF-pNETs after further investigation.
Publish Date	2014-12-20 19:42
Citation	Furukori M, Imai K, Karasaki H, Watanabe K, Oikawa K, Miyokawa N, Taniguchi M, Furukawa H. Clinicopathological features of small nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(47): 17949-17954
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i47/17949.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i47.17949

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