National Registry of Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors

National registry of patients with neuroendocrine tumors in Bulgaria is a joint project of BAPES and the Bulgarian Surgical Society. Primary epidemiological data for the project’s implementation was collected from February 2013 to June 2013. A standardised questionnaire was used to collect the minimum primary epidemiological information. Questionnaires were completed with the active participation and support of medical professionals from the university hospitals’ surgery departments in the country, Military Medicine Academy – Sofia, Tokuda Hospital Sofia, St Anna Hospital – Sofia, and the Oncology Hospital – Sofia. The initial investigation registered 127 NET diagnosed patients in Bulgaria. In 98 of them, NET was localised in GIT, and in 29 – in other locations. Male were 44.88% (57 persons), female were 55.12% (70). The median age of NET patients were 58.61 ± 15.59 years, varying from 14 to 87 years. The most common age of patients was 75 years. Further follow-up is needed to study NET incidence in Bulgaria.