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. 2019 Feb 6;8(3):239–251. doi: 10.1530/EC-18-0485

Table 2.

Overall survival rates and cancer-specific survival of patients with PNETs stratified by surgery or not.

Characteristic Levels OS Median survival time (months) P Hazard ratio (95% CI) CSS Median survival time (months) P Hazard ratio (95% CI)
1-year 2-year 3-year 1-year 2-year 3-year
Whole cohort No surgery 46.0 30.8 23.0 10 <0.001 3.17 (2.81–3.58) 47.6 32.6 24.6 11 <0.001 3.28 (2.89–3.71)
Surgery 85.4 75.4 67.1 68 85.8 76.1 68.6 71
Age (years) ≤60 No surgery 58.3 40.6 30.8 18 <0.001 2.93 (2.47–3.48) 59.4 41.9 32.2 19 <0.001 2.95 (2.48–3.51)
Surgery 88.1 78.3 71.2 75 88.7 78.8 72.3 81
>60 No surgery 37.6 24.6 18.1 7 <0.001 3.42 (2.83–4.14) 35.8 22.7 16.5 6 <0.001 3.13 (2.60–3.76)
Surgery 80.7 71.3 61.5 61 80.7 70.1 59.4 50
Gender Female No surgery 46.7 31.5 23.1 11 <0.001 3.04 (2.55–3.63) 48.4 33.1 25.0 11 <0.001 3.14 (2.62–3.77)
Surgery 83.9 72.1 64.5 63 84.7 73.5 66.6 71
Male No surgery 45.5 30.3 23.0 9 <0.001 3.30 (2.79–3.91) 47.0 32.1 24.3 10 <0.001 3.39 (2.86–4.03)
Surgery 87.0 78.8 69.9 70 87.0 78.8 70.7 78
Tumor site Head No surgery 42.1 28.8 22.3 9 <0.001 2.87 (2.30–3.58) 43.1 30.2 23.5 9 <0.001 3.03 (2.42–3.80)
Surgery 81.2 72.7 60.5 58 82.5 75.4 64.1 63
Body No surgery 46.3 28.2 21.1 10 <0.001 2.29 (1.56–3.37) 48.4 30.5 22.9 12 <0.001 2.45 (1.64–3.66)
Surgery 76.0 64.0 56.0 40 76.0 64.0 56.0 57
Tail No surgery 51.1 35.0 26.7 13 <0.001 3.25 (2.61–4.05) 51.6 36.1 28.1 13 <0.001 3.21 (2.57–4.01)
Surgery 92.5 80.5 73.9 75 92.5 80.5 73.9 75
Tumor size (cm) ≤4 No surgery 46.3 30.7 24.7 11 <0.001 3.26 (2.65–4.02) 47.7 31.9 25.7 11 <0.001 3.38 (2.74–4.18)
Surgery 82.9 77.0 67.8 71 83.9 78.9 69.4 78
>4 No surgery 45.9 30.9 22.4 10 <0.001 3.03 (2.60–3.53) 47.6 32.8 24.2 11 <0.001 3.14 (2.68–3.67)
Surgery 87.1 74.2 66.7 63 87.1 74.2 68.1 68
T stage (8th) I + II No surgery 44.6 30.0 23.4 9 <0.001 3.37 (2.56–4.44) 45.9 31.4 24.5 10 <0.001 3.76 (2.84–4.97)
Surgery 87.5 79.0 67.9 71 89.5 83.0 71.3 78
III + IV No surgery 47.6 32.1 24.0 11 <0.001 3.11 (2.67–3.61) 49.2 34.0 25.6 12 <0.001 3.13 (2.68–3.66)
Surgery 85.5 75.3 68.0 64 85.5 75.3 68.5 70
LN metastasis Absent No surgery 51.4 36.0 27.1 13 <0.001 3.39 (2.74–4.20) 52.8 37.6 28.5 14 <0.001 3.45 (2.77–4.29)
Surgery 90.2 81.2 74.2 71 90.2 81.2 75.5 75
Present No surgery 44.9 29.2 22.0 10 <0.001 3.04 (2.53–3.65) 46.5 31.1 23.8 11 <0.001 3.11 (2.57–3.75)
Surgery 84.2 73.1 63.7 63 84.8 74.2 65.2 68

CI, confidence interval; CSS, cancer-specific survival; OS, overall survival; PNET, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; other abbreviations as in Table 1.