Endocrine Oncology Glossary

Surgical approach aimed at reducing tumor burden in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Process where well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors transform into poorly differentiated or anaplastic forms.

Fibrous tissue response surrounding neuroendocrine tumors, particularly common in small bowel primaries.

A somatostatin receptor imaging agent used in PET scans for neuroendocrine tumor detection and staging.

A radiolabeled somatostatin analog used in both imaging and therapy of neuroendocrine tumors.

Minimally invasive procedure using endoscopic ultrasound to guide tissue sampling of pancreatic and other gastrointestin...

European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, which provides staging and treatment guidelines for neuroendocrine tumors.

Specialized neuroendocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract that produce serotonin and other hormones.

An mTOR inhibitor medication used to treat advanced neuroendocrine tumors.

Invasion of thyroid cancer beyond the thyroid capsule into surrounding neck structures.

A minimally invasive procedure to obtain cellular samples from thyroid nodules for cytological examination.

Imaging techniques that assess metabolic activity and receptor expression rather than purely anatomical structures in en...

A neuroendocrine tumor that produces clinically significant amounts of hormones causing recognizable symptoms.

High-grade neuroendocrine neoplasm with Ki-67 proliferation index >20% and aggressive clinical behavior.

A radiolabeled somatostatin analog used in positron emission tomography for imaging neuroendocrine tumors.

A neuroendocrine tumor arising in the stomach, classified into distinct subtypes based on underlying pathophysiology.

A neuroendocrine tumor that secretes gastrin, causing Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

A rare functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that secretes excessive amounts of glucagon hormone.

Interventional procedure that blocks blood supply to liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors.

A variant of follicular thyroid cancer characterized by cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and distinct mitochon...

A neuroendocrine tumor arising from the terminal small bowel, the most common location for small intestinal NETs.

Thyroid nodule with cytological features that cannot be definitively classified as benign or malignant on fine needle as...

A pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that secretes excessive insulin, causing hypoglycemia.

Describing thyroid tissue or tumors that actively concentrate radioactive iodine, making them suitable for radioiodine t...