These findings indicate that a synthetic polymer scaffold can serve as a platform for islet transplantation and improves the function of extrahepatically transplanted islets compared to islets transplanted without a scaffold. The scaffold may also be useful to deliver bioactive molecules to modify the microenvironment surrounding the transplanted islets and, thus, enhance islet survival and function.

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To lower the rate of invasive pathology, surgery should be recommended for fit patients with main-duct IPMN and for branch-duct IPMN with mural nodularity or positive cytology irrespective of location, distribution, or size.

Patients with localized PNETs ≤2 cm had an overall survival advantage with resection compared to observation, independent of age, comorbidities, tumor grade, and treatment with nonsurgical therapies.

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