Table 2.

Expression of BRS3, OPRK1, and OXTR is similar in nodal and liver metastases of both small bowel and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

	SBNET			PNET
	Nodal Mets (n=59)	Liver Mets (n=38)	P value Nodal vs. Liver	Nodal Mets (n=21)	Liver Mets (n=18)	P value Nodal vs. Liver
Gene	Mean dCT (IQR)	Mean dCT (IQR)		Mean dCT (IQR)	Mean dCT (IQR)
BRS3	10.6 (9.7–11.3)	10.9 (9.9–11.8)	0.92	5.9 (3.6–7.8)	5.0 (3.6–5.9)	0.42
OPRK1	3.2 (1.3–4.4)	2.8 (1.4–3.5)	0.44	8.9 (6.9–11.1)	7.4 (4.6–9.5)	0.15
OXTR	4.0 (1.5–6.1)	4.0 (1.8–5.5)	0.91	6.6 (5.0–8.4)	7.5 (5.5–9.0)	0.38
SCTR	10.6 (9.6–11.9)	8.8 (7.5–10.6)	<0.001	8.9 (7.5–10.4)	6.1 (5.2–7.2)	<0.001

Abbreviations: SBNET: small bowel neuroendocrine tumor; PNET: pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; mets: metastases; n: number of samples; IQR: interquartile range