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. 2013 Feb 28;2013:420795. doi: 10.1155/2013/420795

Table 2.

List of different interventions undertaken in small bowel neuroendocrine tumour patients; it lists the intervention and number of procedures undertaken.

Intervention No. of interventions No. of patients
Total number that had primary tumour resected 100 100
Failed resection of primary tumour 4 4
No resection of primary tumour 34 34
Primary tumour resection plus liver resection/RFA 14 14
Resection of liver metastases 48 37
Resection of other sites of metastatic disease 2 2
Liver transplant 2 2
Carcinoid heart valve surgery 3 3
Further bowel resection 3 3
TACE/TAE 23 17
SIRT 7 6
PRRT 19 16
131I-MIBG therapy 14 14
Radiotherapy 2 2
Chemotherapy 10 10

For 131I-MIBG (iodine-131-meta-iodobenzylguanidine) and PRRT (peptide receptor radiotargetted therapy) an intervention comprised of 3-4 cycles of therapy. Each embolization was counted as a separate intervention. Heart value surgery involved tricuspid valve replacement in 2 cases, and one case had a tricuspid valve replacement plus pulmonary valvuloplasty. Abdominal radiotherapy was performed in two patients.