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The impact of failure to achieve symptom control after resection of functional neuroendocrine tumors: An 8-institution study from the US Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Y. Zaidi MD MS Alexandra G. Lopez-Aguiar MD George A. Poultsides MD Mary Dillhoff MD Flavio G. Rocha MD Kamran Idrees MD Hari Nathan MD PhD Emily R. Winslow MD Ryan C. Fields MD Kenneth Cardona MD Shishir K. Maithel MD and other members of the US Neuroendocrine Tumor Study Group |
| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia;2. Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California;3. Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio;4. Department of Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington;5. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee;6. Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;7. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin;8. Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri |
| Abstract: | Palliative care (PC) seeks to improve the quality of life for patients facing serious illness. Several oncology organizations have guidelines about PC, reflecting the need to integrate PC into standard oncology care. Many surgical patients do not receive PC despite the need for these services and established surgical PC competencies. Recent educational and research efforts reveal increased appreciation of the need and benefit of integrating PC services with cancer care in general, and surgical care, specifically. |
| Keywords: | gastrinoma glucagonoma insulinoma recurrence symptomatic VIPoma |