Japanese clinicians and scientists have contributed significantly to reporting, investigating, and managing patients with pancreatic endocrine tumors and other multiple endocrine neoplasias for the past several decades. This article summarizes the latest progress in this field in Japan. Particularly, our contribution to the development of diagnostic and localization methods is reviewed. Further, the present use of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and the application of the laparoscopic surgery for pancreatic endocrine tumor in Japan are discussed.
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