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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pancreas. 2013 Aug;42(6):937–943. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e318287ce21

Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of the Patients

Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Subject 4 Subject 5
Primary Pathology Well-differentiated NET, ileal primary Well-differentiated NET, ileal primary Well-differentiated NET, pancreatic gastrinoma Well-differentiated NET, unknown primary Well-differentiated NET; ileal primary
Symptoms & Biomarkers Carcinoid Syndrome, elevated serotonin, CgA and pancreastatin Carcinoid Syndrome, elevated serotonin, CgA and pancreastatin No symptoms, elevated gastrin Carcinoid Syndrome, elevated serotonin, CgA and pancreastatin Carcinoid Syndrome, elevated serotonin, CgA and pancreastatin
Treatment Octreotide LAR Octreotide LAR and octreotide SQ; Previous course of everolimus Octreotide LAR; Previous hepatic chemo- embolization Octreotide SQ; Previous PRRNT Octreotide LAR and octreotide SQ

CgA: Chromogranin A SQ: subcutaneous LAR: long-acting release PRRNT: peptide receptor radionuclide therapy