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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with neuroendocrine tumors

From: Clinical validation of the gastrointestinal NET grading system: Ki67 index criteria of the WHO 2010 classification is appropriate to predict metastasis or recurrence

 

Metastases or recurrences

 
 

+ (Group A, n = 7)

- (Group B, n = 38)

p value

Gender

  

0.39

Male

4

28

 

Female

3

10

 

Mean age

58.4 (41—75)

61.9 (38—86)

0.50

Location

  

1

Stomach

0

4

 

Duodenum

2 (20.0%)

8

 

Small intestine

0

1

 

Colon

0

1

 

Rectum

5 (17.2%)

24

 

Tumor invasion

  

0.16

M

0

1

 

SM

4

28

 

MP

2

3

 

SS

1

1

 

Unknown

0

5

 

Resection methods

  

0.34

Biopsy

0

5

 

Endoscopic resection

2

19

 

Surgical resection

5

14

 

Mean tumor size (mm)

12.9 (3.5—27)

7.4 (1.5—15)

0.26

  1. Group A: the cases with metastases or recurrences.
  2. Group B: the cases without metastases or recurrences.
  3. Statistically significant difference (<0.05) by Fisher’s exact test or Welch two sample t-test.
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