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9 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (pNETs)
frequently found. Because PP is sometimes the predominant hormone, these neo­plasms have been called PPomas, although they do not represent a clinical entity. Among the extrapancreatic tumors rich in PP cells are the majority of ganglio­cytic paragangliomas of the duodenum [124] and some rectal neuroendocrine tumors [125]. A few nonfunctioning malignant tumors have been shown immu­nocytochemically to produce serotonin [126, 127]. Tumors described as neuro­tensinomas and calcitoninomas or those producing bombesin [127] are either hormonally silent or are associated with syndromes that are difcult to relate to the effects of these hormones.
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9.8 Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors inMEN1
Pancreatic tumors are part of a tumor spectrum that involves the parathyroid glands (80–98% of patients), the anterior pituitary (9–40%), and the duodenum (40–85%) [128, 129], but occasionally also the stomach, ileum, lung, or thymus [130, 131]. The outstanding feature of the pancreatic lesions in MEN1 is diffuse microdenoma­tosis in association with one or several macrotumors (>0.5cm in diameter) [132]. Histologically, most of the small tumors display a distinct trabecular pattern and may show a connective tissue capsule. Multihormonality is a consistent nding in these tumors, with one hormone usually prevailing. Most frequent are glucagono­mas and PPomas, followed by insulinomas. Serum PP has therefore been recom­mended as a screening hormone in MEN1 patients [133], although subsequent data suggested a wider distribution of hormone type [134]. In MEN1 patients with hypo­glycemia, it was noted that, despite the presence of multiple tumors, usually only one of the macrotumors produced insulin. Removal of this tumor relieved the patients’ hypoglycemic syndrome. In MEN1 patients with ZES, which occurs in approximately 60% of MEN1 patients, pancreatic gastrinomas are surprisingly uncommon, although the pancreas of these patients may be studded with tumors of varying sizes producing other hormones. The gastrinomas in these patients reside predominantly in the proximal part of the duodenum, are usually <1cm in diameter, and show multicentricity (see section on gastrinomas, above). The occurrence of WDHA syndrome, glucagonoma syndrome, [132, 133] or acromegaly due to a tumor-secreting growth hormone-releasing factor is very rare in the setting of MEN1.
9.9 Mixed Endocrine-Exocrine Tumors
True mixed endocrine-exocrine tumors (i.e., ductal endocrine or acinar-endocrine tumors) of the pancreas, in which both components are clearly demonstrated, are exceedingly rare [134]. Arguments supporting the endocrine-exocrine nature of tumors are the presence of both elements in both the primary tumor and its metasta­ses and the ultrastructural identication of cells containing both hormone granules and zymogen or mucin granules. The inclusion of normal ducts within endocrine
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tumors (so-called ductulo-insular tumors) or the occurrence of endocrine cells attached to the neoplastic glands of ductal adenocarcinomas of the pancreas cannot be regarded as evidence that a tumor is truly endocrine-exocrine in nature.
9.10 Diagnosis/Staging
9.10.1 History andPhysical
A detailed history and physical is essential in these patients. The history should focus on signs of mass effect or metastasis, evaluate for symptoms of an endocrine syndrome, and screen for family history suggestive of genetic syndromes associated with pNETs. Physical exam should look for jaundice and abdominal masses.
9.10.2 Laboratory Evaluation
If a functional tumor is suspected, workup should include biochemical assessment for the appropriate syndrome. Seventy two-hour fast is the gold standard for diag­nosis of an insulinoma, with measurement of glucose and insulin levels at the time of symptoms. It is also important to measure C-peptide to rule out surreptitious insulin use [135]. With gastrinoma, an elevated fasting serum gastrin level is usu­ally the rst test, and a level greater than ten times the limits of normal is virtually diagnostic of this disease. Proton pump inhibitors elevate serum gastrin levels, and it is important to draw labs after holding these drugs for 1week due to their long-acting nature. ZE syndrome is usually conrmed with a secretin stimulation test, but gastric acid secretion studies are sometimes required [136, 137]. Migratory necrotizing dermatitis, while highly suggestive of a glucagonoma, can also occur in celiac disease, cirrhosis, or pancreatitis, and the diagnosis must be conrmed by elevated glucagon levels [138140]. VIPoma and somatostatinoma are conrmed by elevated levels of VIP and somatostatin, respectively [141, 142]. A variety of tumor markers have been proposed for functional and nonfunctional pNETs. The most common of these is chromogranin A (CgA), an acid-soluble protein that is found in secretory granules of neuroendocrine cells, although oth­ers, such as neuron-specic enolase (NSE), pancreatic polypeptide, pancreastatin, and human chorionic gonadotropin, have been proposed. CgA is the most sensi­tive of these, with elevated levels present in 72–100% of patients. However, CgA levels are highly variable, limiting specicity to 50–80% [ proton pump inhibitor use, impaired renal function, liver disease, and inamma­tory bowel disease can all cause an increase in CgA leading to false-positive results. Higher CgA levels correlate with increased tumor burden and metastatic disease and may be most useful in assessing response to therapy [55, 56]. The sensitivity of NSE as a tumor marker is low at 30–40%, but its specicity is almost 100% [57]. Using a combination of CgA and NSE levels improves the sensitivity of using either alone [58].
55, 56]. Furthermore,
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9.10.3 Imaging
Localization and staging of the tumor are essential to appropriate therapy for pNET.A variety of imaging modalities exist to assist the clinician, including com­puted tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS), positron-emission tomography (PET), and endoscopic ultraso­nography (EUS). In the rare case that the tumor cannot be located with these modal­ities, angiography with selective arterial stimulation and venous sampling may be employed. If the tumor cannot be located prior to surgery, bimanual palpation with intraoperative ultrasound often discovers the lesion as a last resort. This is a situa­tion seen most often with small insulinomas that are only a few millimeters in size.
9.11 CT
CT is the most common initial imaging study in the evaluation of patients with pNETs. Triple-phase contrast CT is the optimal study as pNETs are typically best visualized during the arterial phase. They usually appear as spherical, hyper-dense, and hyper-vascular mass that rarely obstruct the pancreatic duct. The reported sen­sitivity of CT ranges from 62 to 83% with a specicity of 83–100%, although it varies with the size of the lesion [59, 60]. Although most pNETs are solid lesions, about 10% will present as cystic lesions with smooth margins and peripheral enhancement on both arterial and portal phases. Overall, it is difcult to differenti­ate cystic pNETs from other cystic pancreatic lesions on cross-sectional imaging with a misdiagnosis rate of 43% in a recent series [61].
9.12 MR
pNETs are usually well visualized on MR. The MR signal is typically low in T1-weighted sequences and high in T2-weighted sequences. Again, pNETs are best visualized during the arterial contrast phase. The sensitivity of MR ranges from 85 to 100% with a specicity of 75–100% [59, 62]. In one recent series of 55 patients, the sensitivity of MR was 95%, rivaling that of EUS [63]. Not as commonly used as CT, MR is most often ordered when lesions are too small to be visualized on CT.In detecting and following liver metastases, MR has been suggested to be superior to CT [62, 64, 65].
9.13 SRS
SRS (somatostatin receptor scintigraphy) uses radiolabeled somatostatin analogs and relies on somatostatin receptors expressed by pNETs. This leads to an impor­tant caveat that insulinomas, in which somatostatin receptors are present only at low levels or absent entirely, are not well visualized with this technique. However, for
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other functional pNETs and nonfunctional pNETs, the ability of SRS to localize the tumor is good, with sensitivities ranging from 75 to 100% [62, 66]. SRS is often used when a functional pNET is suspected and conventional cross-sectional imag­ing fails to localize the tumor. It can be particularly helpful with glucagonoma as this have a greater propensity to present outside of the pancreas than other func­tional NETs [59]. SRS has an advantage over other imaging modalities in evaluating patients for sufcient uptake for targeted radiation therapy using radiolabeled soma­tostatin analogs. SRS is also typically useful in evaluating the burden of metastatic disease.
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9.14 PET
Standard PET imaging with 18F-uorodeoxyglucose (FDG) does not visualize pNETs well, given that most pNETs are well differentiated with a low metabolic rate. However, it can detect poorly differentiated pNETs and FDG avidity correlates with early tumor progression and increased mortality [67, 68]. Alternatively, PET imaging has increasingly utilized 68Ga-labeled somatostatin analogs with excellent results. PET imaging with this utilization has been shown to be superior to both SRS and conventional cross-sectional imaging [69, 70]. The results from fusion of PET with CT images are better than either modality individually with sensitivities of 94–100% [71]. In one series, use of fused PET/CT images changed treatment deci­sions in 59.6% of patients compared to CT or MRI alone.
9.15 EUS
EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) has become an invaluable tool in the evaluation of pancreatic lesions. In addition to radiologic examination of the pancreas, EUS offers the additional benet of obtaining biopsies for diagnosis. EUS has an 82% sensitiv­ity and a 92% specicity in identifying pNETs, although EUS is more sensitive in the head of the pancreas than the tail and results are operator dependent [72, 73]. EUS is most useful in identifying small insulinomas, as these lesions infrequently express somatostatin receptors and are not well visualized on SRS or PET.EUS has the added benet of being able to tattoo smaller lesions for easier intraoperative identication, facilitating laparoscopic resection [73].
9.16 Surgical Management
9.16.1 General Principles forSurgical Management ofpNETs
Pancreatic NETs should ideally be managed in a multidisciplinary setting. In choos­ing the appropriate therapy, physicians should adopt an individualized, patient­focused medical management strategy at centers with an interest in the disease,
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expertise in treating it, and a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Surgery with curative intent should be considered in all cases if clinically appropriate and technically feasible. Enucleation for small (B2 cm) G1 pNETs is an acceptable approach. Larger G1 and G2 pNETs and NECs require the same oncologic princi­ples as those applied to pancreatic adenocarcinomas.
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9.17 Surgical Approaches
9.17.1 Functioning Disease
Functioning PNETs primarily include insulinomas and gastrinomas, with an inci­dence of 70–80% and 20–25% of all PNETs and an incidence of malignancy of <10% and 50–60%, respectively [9]. Insulinomas are generally solitary, benign, and curable with surgery [7476]. Recurrence after resection occurs in about 3% [77, 78]. The procedures of choice are enucleation for small and isolated insulino­mas and partial pancreatectomy for large and potentially malignant insulinomas [143, 144]. Besides enucleation, middle pancreatectomy is an alternative parenchyma- sparing technique for this tumor entity [79]. Also, laparoscopic man­agement of insulinoma in the body and tail of the pancreas, with distal pancreatec­tomy or enucleation, is feasible and safe [80]. In the case of occult insulinoma, blind distal pancreatectomy should be avoided [81]. However, explorative surgery with intraoperative ultrasound may be indicated in cases where preoperative diagnostics could not reveal any pancreatic lesions, as this is an excellent method for identifying occult insulinoma [82]. Gastrinoma is associated with gastric ulcerations due to overproduction of gastrin [145]. The clinical presentation of gastrinoma is referred to as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. With the introduction of proton pump inhibitors, which prevent ulcer formation, surgery changed from being symptomatic to cura­tive treatment in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. All patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome without multiple neuroendocrine neoplasia type 1 or metastatic disease should be offered surgical exploration for a possible cure [146]. Routine use of duodenotomy in cases of pancreatic gastrinoma increases short- and long-term cure rates due to a higher detection rate of duodenal gastrinomas, as mul­tiple gastrinomas are relatively common [147]. The incidences of other functioning PNETs, such as vasoactive intestinal peptide-producing tumors (VIPoma), gluca­gonoma, and somatostatinoma, are very low. These patients should undergo tumor resection to correct the severe hormonally caused metabolic derangements.
9.17.2 Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) are dened as neuroendocrine tumors with a Ki-67 index above 20%, according to the WHO 2010 classication. Such tumors are highly malignant and typically invade adjacent structures or metastasize before the diagnosis is made [148]. NECs of the pancreas are very rare and account for only
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about 2–3% of all PNETs [149, 150]. The outcome is generally poor and most patients die within 5years after diagnosis [151]. However, curative resections have been reported in single cases [149]. Therefore, radical surgery should be attempted in localized disease [152, 153], while surgery in metastatic disease is not recommended.
9.17.3 Locally Advanced Disease
Locally advanced disease extends beyond the limits of the pancreas directly into surrounding organs or tissue, involves regional lymph nodes, or fullls both of these criteria. As many PNETs are nonfunctioning and slow-growing, a large pro­portion of these present with locally advanced disease. Resection for locally advanced PNETs is in general technically feasible and can result in favorable dis­ease-free and overall survival in selected patients [154]. However, most patients will develop recurrence [155]. When not operated, patients with locally advanced PNETs may suffer from complications related to local mass effect and inltrative growth, including gastrointestinal bleeding, vascular/intestinal/biliary obstruction, and occlusion of the superior mesenteric (SMV) or portal vein (PV) [156]. Hill etal. found that resection of the primary tumor in patients with PNETs is associ­ated with improved survival across all stages of disease [157]. Based on this, sur­gery of locally advanced PNET without metastasis should be attempted. Interestingly, R1 resections of PNET are not associated with a worse overall sur­vival compared to R0 resections [158].
9.17.4 Metastatic Disease
PNETs commonly metastasize to the liver. This is especially true for nonfunction­ing tumors as these are generally diagnosed at a late stage. In selected patients, resection of the primary PNET in the setting of unresectable but limited hepatic metastases may be indicated [159, 160] as this may prolong survival [161, 162]. As mentioned earlier, it has been shown that resection of the primary tumor in patients with PNETs is associated with improved survival across all stages of disease. However, there is currently no clear answer to when and whether resection of the primary tumor should be performed in metastatic disease [163]. Surgical resection with curative intent or palliative debulking of more than 90% of liver metastases from nonfunctioning PNETs provides favorable oncologic outcomes, despite a high recurrence rate [164, 165]. Patients with metastatic disease in the liver may prot from liver resection with long-term palliation and possibly cure in one-third of the patients [166]. Number, size, and localization of tumor sites seem less important than performing a complete resection of metastatic tissue from PNETs [167]. Patients with hormonally active liver metastases without prior extrahepatic or syn­chronous disease have the greatest survival benet from surgery. Two-stage proce­dures for synchronous bilobar liver metastases from NET, including portal vein
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embolization, enable complete resection and good long-term outcome in selected patients [168]. Debulking extends survival although recurrence is expected [169,
170]. Surgical treatment of metastatic PNET should be performed in specialized
centers and managed with a multidisciplinary approach [171].
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9.18 Technical Remarks
9.18.1 Resection Versus Enucleation
Standard surgical approaches to PNETs include pancreaticoduodenectomy and dis­tal or subtotal pancreatectomy. Middle segment pancreatectomy is an alternative in the management of PNETs located in the neck or body of the pancreas [172]. A general risk of major pancreatic resections is functional impairment of the organ due to loss of parenchyma, resulting in exocrine and/or endocrine insufciency. Thus, parenchyma-sparing surgical techniques should be attempted when possible. Enucleation is a feasible procedure for the radical treatment of benign and border­line pancreatic neoplasms [173] and is associated with long-term survival, despite a relatively high risk of pancreatic stula formation [174, 175]. Before enucleating a PNET, it is important to consider where the tumor is located in relation to the main pancreatic duct, as enucleations of tumors located very close to this may result in damage to the pancreatic duct and subsequent pancreatic leakage. Decisions regard­ing enucleations are highly individual compared to standard resections, underlining the importance of treatment in experienced high-volume institutions. Tumor enucle­ation is associated with shorter operative time, less intraoperative blood loss, and shorter hospital stay compared to pancreaticoduodenectomy and distal pancreatec­tomy [173].
9.18.2 Open Versus Laparoscopic Surgery
Over the last decade, there has been a trend toward more parenchyma-sparing and minimally invasive techniques in the management of PNETs. This shift has not increased morbidity or compromised survival [176]. Laparoscopic surgery for small and solitary PNETs is feasible and safe [177, 178]. Advantages of the minimally invasive approach are less intraoperative bleeding [179], faster postop­erative recovery [180], shorter hospital stay [181, 182], and improved cosmesis, compared to the open approach. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) is today an established procedure at several institutions worldwide [183]. The pro­cedure provides similar short- and long-term oncologic outcomes as open distal pancreatectomy and a selective use of it also seems to be a cost-efcient alterna­tive to open distal pancreatectomy. LDP with preservation of the spleen is fea­sible with a moderate risk of postoperative splenic infarction [184]. However, the signicance of spleen preservation on oncologic outcome in patients with PNET remains unclear. Besides LDP of PNET in the pancreatic body and tail,
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laparoscopic enucleation of nonfunctioning PNETs in the pancreatic head [185] and laparoscopic pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy are feasible pro­cedures that can be considered in selected cases [186]. When performing lapa­roscopic pancreatic surgery for PNET, intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasound should always be applied, as this allows safe tumor dissection and excision. If the tumor cannot be identied precisely by laparoscopic ultrasound, conversion to open surgery should be considered [187]. Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery demands a high level of surgical skills in minimally invasive surgery and should be performed in specialized centers [188].
9.18.3 Lymph Node Sampling
From studies performed on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, it is known that lymph node status is an important prognostic factor in resectable disease [189,
190]. This has also been demonstrated in studies on PNET, where lymph node
ratio is a signicant predictor of recurrence after curative resection for malignant PNETs [191], and lymph node metastases in PNETs are related to better survival [192]. In many surgical specimens of PNETs, lymph nodes are not evaluated by the pathologist [125]. This may result in understaging of patients with potentially inadequate resection. It is of great importance to know to what extent parenchyma­sparing and minimally invasive pancreatic surgery can provide sufcient lymph node sampling for optimal oncologic outcome. When compared to open surgery, there are studies concluding with a clear limitation of LDP as well as studies con­cluding with a comparable lymph node sampling after LDP. Enucleations are associated with a low lymph node sampling rate compared with standard resec­tions. Lymph node sampling should be performed routinely when performing parenchyma-preserving or minimally invasive removal for small PNETs, to avoid understaging. Moreover, frozen section examination should be performed, and when malignancy is conrmed, oncologically appropriate lymph node dissection is recommended.
9.18.4 Vascular Reconstruction
Surgery for locally advanced PNETs with vascular involvement is controversial. Vascular reconstruction has already been established in the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma [193]. Several case reports [194, 195] suggest that a similar approach is feasible and benecial in selected patients with PNETs. In most cases, even if the radiological evaluation suggests vascular involvement and at surgery the PNET is found to partially encase or involve the vessel, the tumor can be removed with careful dissection without requiring vascular reconstruction. Conventional contraindications to surgical resection of pancreatic malignancy, such as superior mesenteric vein invasion, should be reconsidered in patients with locally advanced PNETs [196].
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9.19 Medical Management
In addition to surgery, diverse types of medical treatment are used in the manage­ment course for patients with pancreatic NETs as well as gastrointestinal NETs. The main aim of the treatment should be clearly dened before choosing treatment; there are two main aims of treatment: to ameliorate hormonal symptoms and to improve the survival. Observation without any agents might be the best manage­ment for patients with stable disease for a long time or the elderly patients.
9.19.1 Medical Treatment ofFunctioning Pancreatic NETs
In patients with functioning NETs, medical management can often provide release symptoms by inhibition of the secretion of bioactive agents. Administration of diazoxide [197, 198] or long-acting somatostatin analogs (octreotide, lanreotide) [199, 200] can control hypoglycemic symptoms in about 50% of patients with insu­linoma. Histamine H2-receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors can control the acid hypersecretion in most patients with ZES [201]. For patients with other functioning pancreatic NETs, long-acting somatostatin analogs are generally suc­cessful in the initial management [202, 203].
9.19.2 Medical Treatment withMolecular-Targeted Therapy
Tumor grading is paramount for selecting patients who should receive chemother­apy, and platinum-based chemotherapy is recommended in patients with NEC G3 [204]. In some patients with NET G1/G2, molecular-targeted treatment or chemo­therapy may provide a benet. The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2012 guidelines recommended use of molecular-targeted agents in advanced pancreatic NETs G1/G2 [205]. According to the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) guidelines, the level of recommenda­tion is listed as “consider” to use of everolimus in metastatic functioning NETs because there has been no sufcient evidence to recommend routine use of it [206]. Everolimus, an oral inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) [207], and sunitinib, an inhibitor of VEGF and platelet-derived growth factor receptors [208], are now registered worldwide for the treatment of pancreatic NETs. These two agents have similar tumor-stabilizing effects in pancreatic NETs. Since there has been no trial that compared the two agents directly, choice of the agent in each case could be suggested in perspective of side effects. For example, in patients with poorly controlled hormonal symptoms, congestive heart failure, poorly controlled hypertension, high risk of gastrointestinal bleed, or a history of myocardial infarc­tion or stroke, everolimus is thought to be the preferred agent of choice. In patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, pulmonary disease, or high risk of infec­tion, sunitinib would be a more appropriate choice [209]. To evaluate the response of these agents, several biomarkers have been investigated. It has been suggested
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that chromogranin A and neuron-specic enolase are useful as prognostic markers in patients with advanced pNET treated with everolimus [210]. Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 and 3, interleukin-8, and stromal cell-derived factor 1-alpha have been reported to have a potential as biomarkers associated with response to sunitinib.
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