Research Article

Insights of Outcome after Resection of Small Nonfunctioning Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors

Table 3

Tumor characteristics.

VariablesResults

Histologic grade
 Grade I, %42.86 (6/14)
 Grade II, %21.43 (3/14)
 Grade III, %0 (0/14)
Neuroendocrine carcinoma, %35.71 (5/14)
Lymph node metastases, %7.14 (1/14)
Synchronous liver metastases, %14.28 (2/14)
Largest tumor, median size in cm (min-max)1.85 (0.5–3.0)
TNM stage, median (min-max)IIa (I–3A)
T (tumor) stage, median (min-max)I (I–II)