Pancreatic Duct Involvement in Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors is an Independent Poor Prognostic Factor

The biological behavior of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas (PNETs) is difficult to predict. This study was designed to determine whether involvement of the main pancreatic duct (MPD) serves as a poor prognostic factor for PNETs. The involvement of the MPD in PNETs was defined as ductal stenosis inside the tumor mass associated with distal MPDs more than twofold larger in diameter than the proximal ducts. We examined the...