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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pancreas. 2017 Oct;46(9):1121–1126. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000000919

TABLE 2.

PRRT Treatment Characteristics and Toxicities

Age at the start of PRRT, median (range), y 62 (37–74)
Years between NET diagnosis and initiation of PRRT, median (range), y 3 (0–25)
PRRT sessions per patient, mean (range) 2.5 (1–7)
Sessions per course of PRRT treatment, mean (range) 2.2 (1–3)
Type of PRRT isotope, %
90Y 34
177Lu 25
90Y and 177Lu 41
Dose of PRRT given per session, median (range), mCi
90Y 160 (120–200)
177Lu 200 (100–200)
Therapies administered prior to initiating PRRT, %
 Somatostatin analog therapy 96
 Liver directed therapy 79
 Non-hepatic surgery 79
 Systemic chemotherapy 39
Number of different therapies prior to first PRRT, mean (range) 2 (0–3)
Toxicities that developed during the first year after starting PRRT, %
 Anemia 36
 Leukopenia 31
 Thrombocytopenia 24
 Nephrotoxicity 27
 Biochemical liver injury (any) 14
 Hyperbilirubinemia 8
 Elevated AST 12
 Elevated ALT 7

AST indicates aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase