Table 1.
Patient characteristics for the 52 pNEN and 18 PDAC patients included in this study.
| Variables | pNEN (n = 52) | PDAC (n = 18) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristics | |||
| Age (median, range) | 56.0, 31–77 | 69.5, 46–77 | 0.001 |
| ≤60 | 32 | 4 | 0.004 |
| 60< | 20 | 14 | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 29 | 10 | 0.987 |
| Male | 23 | 8 | |
| Tumour size (median, range) (mm) | 19.5, 6–92 | 25.5, 10–120 | 0.155 |
| ≤20 | 27 | 5 | 0.076 |
| 20< | 25 | 13 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 17 | 9 | 0.190 |
| lymphatic invasion (ly) | 16 | 12 | 0.007 |
| vascular invasion (v) | 29 | 17 | 0.003 |
| perineural invasion (ne) | 18 | 18 | <0.001 |
| Tumour Location | |||
| Ph | 20 | 10 | 0.387 |
| Pbt | 30 | 7 | |
| Phbt | 2 | 1 | |
| Surgical Procedure | |||
| Enucleation | 6 | 0 | 0.041 |
| Pancreatoduodenectomy | 16 | 10 | |
| Distal pancreatectomy | 29 | 6 | |
| Total pancreatectomy | 1 | 2 | |
| Grade (WHO 2017) | |||
| G1 | 32 | ||
| G2 | 15 | ||
| G3 | 3 | ||
| NEC | 2 | ||
| pStage (7th-UICC) | |||
| IA | 17 | 0 | |
| IB | 10 | 1 | |
| IIA | 8 | 7 | |
| IIB | 14 | 9 | |
| III | 0 | 1 | |
| IV | 3 | 0 | |
| pStage (ENETS) | |||
| I | 18 | 3 | |
| IIA | 11 | 3 | |
| IIB | 6 | 3 | |
| IIIA | 0 | 0 | |
| IIIB | 14 | 9 | |
| IV | 3 | 0 | |
Pearson’s chi-squared tests were used to compare age, sex, tumour size, lymph node metastasis, lymphatic invasion, vascular invasion, perineural invasion, tumour location, and surgical procedure. Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare age and tumour size.