Classification of pancreatic endocrine tumors and some issues in diagnosis and treatment        WANG Chun-you.Pancreatic Surgery Center, Union Hospital, Affiliated Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan430022,China
Abstract    The pathology and biological characteristics of pancreatic endocrine tumors were systematicly reviewed in this article. Tumors were classified according to the different hormones secreted by them and clinical manifestations were summarized. The characteristics of ultrasound imaging and endoscopic ultrasonography, CT and MRI, positron emission tomography (PET), and angiography were compared in the diagnosis of pancreatic endocrine tumor. Comprehensive application and  issues of the surgical treatment, interventional therapy, somatostatin analogues, targeted radionuclide therapy in the treatment of pancreatic endocrine tumors were Investigated.