Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with metastatic liver-dominant NETs who received Y-90 radioembolization
| Baseline characteristic | Number of patients (%) |
|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis of metastatic disease (years) | |
| Median (range) | 56.0 (20.71–78.14) |
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| Gender | |
| Male | 24 (49%) |
| Female | 25 (51%) |
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| ECOG status at Y-90 treatment | |
| 0–1 | 46 (94%) |
| ≥2 | 2 (4%) |
| Unknown | 1 |
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| Location of primary NET | |
| Pancreas | 15 (31%) |
| Small bowel | 20 (41%) |
| Large bowel | 3 (6%) |
| Unknown | 7 (14%) |
| Other | 4 (8%) |
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| Grade | |
| 1 | 30 (61%) |
| 2 | 12 (25%) |
| 3 | 1 (2%) |
| Unknown | 6 (12%) |
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| Ki-67 (%) | |
| ≤2 | 18 (37%) |
| 3–20 | 17 (34%) |
| >20 | 1 (2%) |
| Unknown | 13 (27%) |
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| Mitotic count (/hpf) | |
| <2 | 23 (47%) |
| 2–20 | 13 (27%) |
| >20 | 0 |
| Unknown | 13 (27%) |
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| Baseline chromogranin A | |
| Median (range) | 325 (7–44100) |
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| Hepatic tumor burden | |
| <33% | 9 (18%) |
| 33–66% | 32 (65%) |
| >66% | 7 (14%) |
| Unknown | 1 (2%) |
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| Number of extrahepatic metastases | |
| 0 | 34 (69%) |
| 1 | 11 (22%) |
| 2 | 3 (6%) |
| 3 | 1 (2%) |
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| Previous therapies | |
| Surgical resection of primary tumor | 31 (63%) |
| Local ablative therapy | 12 (25%) |
| SSA | 34 (69%) |
| Systemic therapy | 17 (35%) |
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| Dose of Y-90 (GBq) | |
| Median (range) | 2.2 (0.80–3.60) |
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| Type of Y-90 | |
| TheraSpheres | 14 (29%) |
| SIR-Spheres | 34 (69%) |
| Unknown | 1 (2%) |
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| Type of treatment | |
| Liver segment | 43 (88%) |
| Whole liver | 5 (10%) |
| Unknown | 1 (2%) |
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| Response to Y-90 radioembolization | |
| Complete response | 0 |
| Partial response | 26 (53%) |
| Stable disease | 16 (33%) |
| Progressive disease | 6 (12%) |
| Unknown | 1 (2%) |
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| Number of liver segments treated | |
| 1 | 9 (18%) |
| 2 | 31 (63%) |
| 3 | 4 (8%) |
| 4 | 3 (6%) |
| Unknown | 2 (4%) |
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| Number of Y-90 treatments | |
| 1 | 34 (69%) |
| 2 | 14 (29%) |
| 3 | 1 (2%) |