ea0098c43 | Clinical – Surgery/Applied Pathology | NANETS2023
Zhang, MD Chi
, Gudmundsdottir, MD Hallbera
, Takahashi, MD, PhD Hiroaki
, Day, MS Courtney
, Glasgow, MHA Amy
, Wasif, MD, MPH Nabil
, Starlinger, MD Patrick
, Warner, MD Susanne
, Grotz, MD Travis
, Smoot, MD Rory
, Truty, MD Mark
, Cleary, MD Sean
, Kendrick, MD Michael
, Nagorney, MD David
, Navin, MB, BCh Patrick
, Halfdanarson, MD Thorvardur R.
, Thiels, DO, MBA Cornelius
Background: Small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (sbNETs) incidence is on the rise. Given that sbNETS are often multifocal with high risk of regional nodal metastasis, open resection with lymphadenectomy is the gold standard approach as it offers manual palpation of the entire small bowel. We evaluated the accuracy of preoperative DOTATATE PET/CT in estimating the number of lesions and the presence of nodal disease compared to postoperative pathology findings. We hypothesize that...