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. 2020 Mar 6;20:188. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-6634-9

Table 3.

Multivariate Analyses of Prognostic Factors of tumor-related death among 568 patients using the ENETS, 8th AJCC, 7th AJCC and m7th AJCC staging systems including four tumor stages for pNECs

Characteristic ENETS 8th AJCC 7th AJCC m7th AJCC
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) P
Age, years
  < 60 1 1 1 1
  ≥ 60 1.63 (1.33–2.00) < 0.001 1.64 (1.34–2.01) < 0.001 1.66 (1.35–2.03) < 0.001 1.66 (1.35–2.03) < 0.001
Sex
 Female 1 1 1 1
 Male 1.16 (0.95–1.41) 0.15 1.16 (0.95–1.41) 0.15 1.14 (0.94–1.40) 0.18 1.14 (0.94–1.40) 0.18
Race
 Black 1 1 1 1
 White 0.65 (0.48–0.88) 0.01 0.66 (0.49–0.90) 0.01 0.67 (0.50–0.91) 0.01 0.67 (0.50–0.91) 0.01
 Other 0.65 (0.43–0.99) 0.04 0.68 (0.45–1.04) 0.07 0.68 (0.45–1.03) 0.07 0.68 (0.45–1.03) 0.07
Location
 Body and tail 1 1 1 1
 Head 1.63 (1.29–2.08) < 0.001 1.61 (1.27–2.05) < 0.001 1.60 (1.26–2.03) < 0.001 1.60 (1.26–2.04) < 0.001
 Others 1.67 (1.29–2.15) < 0.001 1.68 (1.30–2.17) < 0.001 1.67 (1.21–2.15) < 0.001 1.67 (1.29–2.16) < 0.001
Stage
 I 1 1 1 1
 II 3.27 (0.77–14.02) 0.11 0.74 (0.41–1.34) 0.32 1.08 (0.60–1.94) 0.80 1.23 (0.73–2.06) 0.44
 III 2.23 (0.54–9.18) 0.27 1.81 (0.97–3.38) 0.06 2.06 (0.94–4.52) 0.07 2.20 (1.06–4.56) 0.03
 IV 9.59 (2.38–38.71) 0.002 4.14 (2.52–6.79) < 0.001 4.62 (2.73–7.83) < 0.001 4.95 (3.20–7.65) < 0.001

Abbreviations: AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer; ENETS European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society; m7th AJCC modified 7th AJCC; pNECs poorly differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas; HR hazard ratio; CI confidence interval