Survival following surgical resection for small nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

The number of patients with small (2.0 cm or smaller) nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs) is increasing. The role of surgery for small NF-PanNETs is unclear. A cohort study of 4641 patients with NF-PanNETs found that surgical resection was associated with increased survival only for patients with tumors measuring 1.1 to 2.0 cm, but not for patients with subcentimeter tumors.