When compared to tumors in adult patients, tumors in children are rare and comprise less than 1% of all cancer cases. Among all the pediatric cancers, 5–10% are rare tumors. The International Society of Pediatric Surgical Oncology (IPSO) has published surgical practice guidelines for treating 11 pediatric tumors in the journal eCancer Medical Science.
The guidelines for rare pancreatic tumors in children are summarized here, that include characteristics of the tumors, diagnosis, and treatment. 1 Pancreatic tumors The prevalence of pancreatic tumors is 0.46 cases per one million people below 30 years. The pancreatic neoplasms are categorized as endocrine, exocrine, epithelial, non-epithelial, solid, and cystic.1 The pancreatic malignant tumors comprise the following histologies: Solid-cystic papillary tumor of the pancreas Pancreatoblastoma Neuroendocrine tumors Pancreatic carcinoma 1.…
