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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 4. Survival analyses in PNETs, SBNETs and the combined group.

SURVIVAL: PNETs
Hepatic replacement by tumor n Events Median PFS (years) p value Events Median OS (years) p value
 < 5% 3 2 2.5 .58 2 5.8 .46
 ≥ 5% 21 17 1.6 5 NA
Hepatic replacement by tumor
 < 25% 12 8 3.2 .09 3 NA .45
 ≥ 25% 12 11 1.3 4 3.0
# of preoperative hepatic lesions
 < 5 7 5 2.8 .18 2 NA .70
 ≥ 5 18 15 1.6 5 NA
# of preoperative
 < 10 12 10 3.0 .31 3 NA .38
% hepatic tumor burden debulked
 < 70% 8 7 .51 < .001 4 1.7 .001
 ≥ 70% 18 15 3.0 4 NA
% hepatic tumor
 < 90% 16 14 1.3 .05 6 6.1 .14
 ≥ 90% 10 8 4.4 2 NA
CgA, PST, NKA response to debulking
 No response 3 3 .27 .55 1 NA .51
 Biochem resp. 14 11 2.7 2 NA
SURVIVAL: SBNETs
Hepatic replacement by tumor n Events Median PFS (years) p value Events Median OS (years) p value
 < 5% 20 5 5.3 .02 2 NA .28
 ≥ 5% 55 35 1.9 15 9.1
Hepatic replacement by tumor
 < 25% 50 22 3.2 .02 9 NA .14
 ≥ 25% 25 18 1.9 8 9.1
# of preoperative hepatic lesions
 < 5 27 13 4.2 .02 6 NA .28
 ≥ 5 48 27 1.6 11 9.1
# of preoperative hepatic lesions
 < 10 38 17 4.2 < .001 8 NA .20
 ≥ 10 37 23 1.6 9 9.1
% hepatic tumor burden debulked
 < 70% 17 15 1.7 .005 7 9.1 .18
 ≥ 70% 51 25 3.2 9 NA
% hepatic tumor burden debulked
 < 90% 36 25 1.6 .005 9 9.1 .46
 ≥ 90% 32 15 3.8 7 NA
CgA, PST, NKA response to debulking
 No response 16 11 1.9 .59 3 9.1 .58
 Biochemical resp. 45 26 2.6 10 NA
SURVIVAL: PNET + SBNETs
Hepatic replacement by tumor n Events Median PFS (years) p value Events Median OS (years) p value
 < 5% 23 7 52 5.3 .02 20 NA .49
 ≥ 5% 76 1.7 4 9.4
Hepatic replacement
 < 25% 62 30 3.2 .001 12 NA .06
 ≥ 25% 37 29 1.3 12 9.1
# of preoperative hepatic lesions
 < 5 34 18 4.2 .005 8 NA .25
 ≥ 5 66 42 1.6 16 9.1
# of preoperative hepatic lesions
 < 10 50 27 3.2 < .001 11 NA .10
 ≥ 10 50 33 1.3 13 6.5
% hepatic tumor burden debulked
 < 70% 25 22 1.3 < .001 11 6.5 .009
 ≥ 70% 69 40 3.2 13 NA
% hepatic tumor burden debulked
 < 90% 52 39 1.5 < .001 15 6.5 .12
 ≥ 90% 42 23 3.8 9 NA
CgA, PST, NKA response to debulking
 No response 19 14 1.9 .44 4 NA .79
 Biochemical resp. 59 37 2.6 12 NA

PFS: progression free survival, OS: overall survival, CgA: chromogranin A, PST: pancreastatin