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* Metastasis: Glucagonomas are generally slow-growing but are usually advanced by the time of diagnosis. | * Metastasis: Glucagonomas are generally slow-growing but are usually advanced by the time of diagnosis. Metastasis occurs mainly in the [[liver]] but in few cases, it can occur in [[lymph nodes]], [[peritoneum]], [[lung]], and [[Adrenal gland|adrenals]]. | ||
* Weight loss: due to the catabolic effect of glucagon, most patients lose weight. | * Weight loss: due to the catabolic effect of [[glucagon]], most patients lose weight. | ||
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Prognosis of glucagonoma depends on the following: | Prognosis of glucagonoma depends on the following: | ||
*Whether or not the tumor can be removed by surgery | *Whether or not the tumor can be removed by surgery | ||
*The [[stage of the tumor]], the size of the tumor, whether cancer has spread outside [[the pancreas]] | *The [[stage of the tumor]], the size of the tumor, whether cancer has [[spread]] outside [[the pancreas]] | ||
*The patient’s general health | *The patient’s general health | ||
*Whether the tumor has just been diagnosed or has recurred | *Whether the tumor has just been diagnosed or has recurred | ||
*The presence of metastasis is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with glucagonoma. | *The presence of [[metastasis]] is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with glucagonoma. | ||
*The 10-year event free [[survival rate]] is less than 51.6% with [[metastasis]] and 64.3% without metastasis. | *The 10-year event free [[survival rate]] is less than 51.6% with [[metastasis]] and 64.3% without metastasis. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2] Mohammed Abdelwahed M.D[3]
Overview
If left untreated, patients with glucagonoma may progress to develop necrolytic migratory erythema, cheilosis, stomatitis, diarrhea, polyuria, and polydipsia. The presence of metastasis is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with glucagonoma. The 10-year event free survival rate is less than 51.6% with metastasis and 64.3% without metastasis. Glucagonomas are generally slow-growing but are usually advanced by the time of diagnosis. Age, grade, and distant metastases are the most significant predictors of survival.
Natural History
- If left untreated, patients with glucagonoma may progress to develop necrolytic migratory erythema, cheilosis, stomatitis, diarrhea, polyuria, and polydipsia.
- Glucagonoma has a very slow growth rate compared to most malignant tumors.
Complications
- Metastasis: Glucagonomas are generally slow-growing but are usually advanced by the time of diagnosis. Metastasis occurs mainly in the liver but in few cases, it can occur in lymph nodes, peritoneum, lung, and adrenals.
- Weight loss: due to the catabolic effect of glucagon, most patients lose weight.
Prognosis
- Age, grade, and distant metastases are the most significant predictors of survival.
- Five and 10-year survival rates for patients undergoing resection of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.[1]
- Sixty percent of glucagonomas are malignant. Once the tumor is metastatic, the cure is rare.[2]
Prognosis of glucagonoma depends on the following:
- Whether or not the tumor can be removed by surgery
- The stage of the tumor, the size of the tumor, whether cancer has spread outside the pancreas
- The patient’s general health
- Whether the tumor has just been diagnosed or has recurred
- The presence of metastasis is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with glucagonoma.
- The 10-year event free survival rate is less than 51.6% with metastasis and 64.3% without metastasis.
References
- ↑ Wermers RA, Fatourechi V, Wynne AG, Kvols LK, Lloyd RV (1996). "The glucagonoma syndrome. Clinical and pathologic features in 21 patients". Medicine (Baltimore). 75 (2): 53–63. PMID 8606627.
- ↑ M. A. Chastain (2001). "The glucagonoma syndrome: a review of its features and discussion of new perspectives". The American journal of the medical sciences. 321 (5): 306–320. PMID 11370794. Unknown parameter
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