Sagar Vandana M, Cooper Sheldon C, Johnson Jill, Shetty Shishir, Shah Tahir
Department of Liver Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Postgrad Med J. 2017 Aug;93(1102):494-497. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2017-134847. Epub 2017 Jun 9.
The incidence of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) is on the rise in the UK. Patients with NETs need to be managed by a team of clinical specialties. There are a number of challenging gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations related to NETs that can occur in these patients, but a limited literature base exists to guide clinicians.Whilst life expectancy can be several years for patients with NETs, the GI symptoms can have a significant impact on their quality of life. It is therefore imperative to be familiar with the common GI manifestations associated with NETs, so symptoms can be appropriately managed with an overall aim of restoring the patient's quality of life.
在英国，神经内分泌肿瘤（NETs）的发病率正在上升。NETs患者需要由一组临床专科医生进行管理。这些患者可能会出现一些与NETs相关的具有挑战性的胃肠道（GI）表现，但可供临床医生参考的文献基础有限。虽然NETs患者的预期寿命可能有好几年，但GI症状会对他们的生活质量产生重大影响。因此，熟悉与NETs相关的常见GI表现至关重要，这样才能对症状进行适当管理，总体目标是恢复患者的生活质量。
