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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours

aka pNET, Islet cell tumour, Pancreatic NET, Insulinoma, Gastrinoma, Non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours arise from the hormone-producing islet cells of the pancreas and behave very differently from ordinary pancreatic cancer, often growing for years. Surgery cures localised tumours; advanced disease is treated in sequence with somatostatin analogues, lutetium-177 dotatate, targeted tablets and oral chemotherapy, and a minority secrete insulin or gastrin.