Abstract

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are a heterogeneous group of tumors with low prevalence, while the prevalence of PNETs gradually increases in recent years. PNETs is prone to liver metastasis. Liver transplantation is adopted more and more for inoperable PNETs patients with liver metastasis because of the deep research of pathological mechanism, the improvement of surgical techniques and the use of new immunosuppressive drugs. This paper tried to review the progress of liver transplantation for PNETs with liver metastasis in the last few decades. Key words: Liver transplantation; Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; Liver metastasis

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