Julie Hallet, Staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, shared an article by Taymeyah Al-Toubah on X:
“Appendiceal NETs – exceedingly rare stage IV.
From single-centre Moffitt Cancer Center:
- 124 over 15 years.
- 10 stage IV 8 synchronous.
Spread is rare – worth putting patients through right hemicolectomy?
Just in time for NANETS experts statement.”
Do Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumors Metastasize Post Appendectomy or Right Hemicolectomy?
Authors: Taymeyah Al-Toubah, et al.