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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2015 Oct 9;159(1):320–335. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.05.040

Table 2. Radiologic, surgical and biochemical findings.

PNET (n=28) SBNET (n=80) p value
Multiple hepatic debulking surgeries 2 (7.1%) 4 (5.0%) 1
Median # of hepatic lesions visualized preoperatively on CT or MRI 10 (0-100) 9 (0-85) .68
Median % of liver parenchyma replaced by tumor 19% (1-50) 10% (0-55%) .08
Bilobar hepatic disease 23 (82.1%) 63 (78.8%) .91
Median % of liver disease debulked 75% (13-100%) 80% (0-100) .37
# achieved 70% cytoreduction 18 (64.3%) 51 (63.8%) 1
# achieved 90% cytoreduction 10 (35.7%) 32 (40.0%) .86
Type of liver procedures performed
 Enucleation or wedge only 6 (21.4%) 17 (21.3%) 1
 Ablation only 4 (14.3%) 6 (7.5%) .49
 Resection only 0 1 (1.3%) 0
 Enucleation/wedge + ablation 16 (57.1%) 53 (66.3%) .53
 Enucleation/wedge + ablation + resection 1 (3.7%) 0 .581
 Enucleation/wedge + resection 1 (3.6%) 3 (3.8%) 1
Median # of hepatic lesions treated 6 (1-19) 6 (0-36) .96
Primary resected at time of liver surgery 27 (96.4%) 64 (80.0%) .08
Median length of stay (days) 8 (5-17) 7 (5-24) .83
Biochemical response (CgA, PST, NKA)
 Nonresponder 5 (25%) 18 (32.1%) .75
 Biochemical response 15 (75%) 43 (70.5%) 1