NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS OF THE APPENDIX IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS OF THE APPENDIX IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

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Neuroendocrine tumours of the appendix (aNET) are slow-growing, indolent tumours that have an excellent prognosis and rarely show regional nodal metastases.They account for 0.1% of malignant tumours in children.

The treatment and follow-up of aNET in children is not Tote standardised.Appendectomy alone is considered curative in most patients, while a more aggressive surgical approach is warranted for incompletely removed tumours or tumours larger than Socks 2 cm.In the last 11.

5 years, 23 children and adolescents were diagnosed with aNET in Slovenia.