Perspectives of patients and physicians about neuroendocrine tumors. A qualitative study.

We conducted a qualitative study, based on 40 semi-structured interviews, in a specialized department of gastro-pancreatology. Participants, purposively selected until data saturation, came from two different sub-samples: (i) patients with a metastatic NETs ( = 20) and (ii) their referring physicians ( = 10). The data were examined by thematic analysis.