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Surgery can usually cure VIPomas. However, in one-third to one-half of patients, the tumor has spread by the time of diagnosis and cannot be cured. | *Surgery can usually cure VIPomas. However, in one-third to one-half of patients, the tumor has spread by the time of diagnosis and cannot be cured. | ||
*VIPoma is associated with a 5 year survival rate of 20% and 3 year survival rate of 40%.<ref name="SmithBranton1998">{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Stephen L.|last2=Branton|first2=Susan A.|last3=Avino|first3=Anthony J.|last4=Martin|first4=J.Kirk|last5=Klingler|first5=Paul J.|last6=Thompson|first6=Geoffrey B.|last7=Grant|first7=Clive S.|last8=van Heerden|first8=Jon A.|title=Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide secreting islet cell tumors: A 15-year experience and review of the literature|journal=Surgery|volume=124|issue=6|year=1998|pages=1050–1055|issn=00396060|doi=10.1067/msy.1998.92005}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Natural History
Complications
- Cancer spread (metastasis)
- Cardiac arrest from low blood potassium level
- Dehydration
Prognosis
- Surgery can usually cure VIPomas. However, in one-third to one-half of patients, the tumor has spread by the time of diagnosis and cannot be cured.
- VIPoma is associated with a 5 year survival rate of 20% and 3 year survival rate of 40%.[1]
References
- ↑ Smith, Stephen L.; Branton, Susan A.; Avino, Anthony J.; Martin, J.Kirk; Klingler, Paul J.; Thompson, Geoffrey B.; Grant, Clive S.; van Heerden, Jon A. (1998). "Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide secreting islet cell tumors: A 15-year experience and review of the literature". Surgery. 124 (6): 1050–1055. doi:10.1067/msy.1998.92005. ISSN 0039-6060.