Editorial by the Editor-in-Chief

In the current issue of the journal, I highly recommend the comprehensive review article on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of neuroendocrine tumours of the colon and rectum. The authors highlight the significance of the topic, noting that over the past 20 years, the incidence of neuroendocrine tumours has doubled, with a threefold increase specifically in neuroendocrine tumours of the bowel. Interestingly, patients with neuroendocrine tumours of the rectum are most often identified incidentally, following a polypectomy performed during a screening colonoscopy, rather than presenting with clinical symptoms. In my own practice, a year ago, while assessing a patient for fistula surgery, I recommended a colonoscopy before the procedure. A carcinoid tumour was subsequently diagnosed

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