Incidence of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor: Case Series, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Hospital-Based Tumor Board Registry

Abdullah Mohammed Albishi; Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Mostafa; Hatim Mahgoub Ali; Yahia Atiah Alhagawi; Mohamed F Bazeed; Mahmoud R A Hussein; Elshfeia Elhag Mohmed Ali Aloba; Ahmed Youssef Aboelyazid

doi:10.1155/2020/8819392

Incidence of Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor: Case Series, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Hospital-Based Tumor Board Registry

Case Rep Oncol Med. 2020 Oct 20:2020:8819392. doi: 10.1155/2020/8819392. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Abdullah Mohammed Albishi¹, Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Mostafa², Hatim Mahgoub Ali³, Yahia Atiah Alhagawi¹, Mohamed F Bazeed⁴, Mahmoud R A Hussein⁵, Elshfeia Elhag Mohmed Ali Aloba³, Ahmed Youssef Aboelyazid⁶

Affiliations

¹ Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Department, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia.
² Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Egypt.
³ Oncology Department, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Radiology Department, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Pathology Department, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Preventive Medicine Department, Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Neuroendocrine tumors are aggressive and rare tumors which can occur almost everywhere in the body. The annual incidence of neuroendocrine tumors is 2.5-5 per 100000. We report seven cases of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors which were diagnosed and treated at our hospital from the time period of 2016-2018 knowing that the total number of our hospital tumor board cases registry during the same period was 444 cases.

Publication types

Case Reports