Pancreatic neuroendocrine microtumors in the elderly: A retrospective study using cadaveric pancreatic tissue

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Dec 15, 2025; 17(12): 113198
Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.113198

Table 1 Pathological characteristics of the pancreatic neuroendocrine microtumors (n = 5/85 cases)

Characteristic	PNEMTs (n = 5)
Incidence (95%CI)	5.9% (2.0%-13.3%)
Age (years), mean ± SD	85.8 ± 12.1
Sex (Male:Female)	2:3
Tumor size (mm) median (range)	0.78 (0.54-2.2)
Location of pancreas (n)
Head:Body:Tail	0:4:1
Pathology analysis
Chromogranin A (+++, ++, +, -)	5 (+++)
Synaptophysin (+++, ++, +, -)	5 (+++)
Ki-67 index (%)	5 (< 3%)
Insulin (+++, ++, +, -)	5 (+)
Glucagon (+++, ++, +, -)	5 (+++)
Tumor grade (2022 WHO classification)
Grade 1, 2, 3	5 (G1)

PNEMTs: Pancreatic neuroendocrine microtumors; G1: Grade 1; +++/++/+/-: Strong positive/moderately positive/weak positive/negative.

Citation: Yang T, Ren K, Chen XQ, Toriumi T, Natsuyama Y, Li J, Sukeda A, Nagao T, Yi SQ. Pancreatic neuroendocrine microtumors in the elderly: A retrospective study using cadaveric pancreatic tissue. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2025; 17(12): 113198
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v17/i12/113198.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v17.i12.113198