Research Article

Clinical and Prognostic Value of PET/CT Imaging with Combination of 68Ga-DOTATATE and 18F-FDG in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics NET (%) NEC (%)All (%)

Gender
 Female ()26 (51.0)7 (21.9)33 (39.7)
 Male ()25 (49.0)25 (78.1)50 (60.3)
Primary sites ()
 Pancreas19 (37.3)8 (25.0)27 (32.5)
 Gastrointestinal24 (47.0)19 (59.4)43 (51.8)
 Primary unknown8 (15.7)5 (15.6)13 (15.7)
Metastatic sites ()
 Liver36 (70.6)13 (40.6)49 (59.0)
 Lymph nodes21 (41.2)27 (84.4)48 (57.8)
 Bone9 (17.6)10 (31.3)19 (22.9)
 Lung4 (7.8)1 (3.1)5 (6.0)
 Other6 (11.7)7 (21.9)13 (15.7)

NET, neuroendocrine tumor; NEC, neuroendocrine carcinoma.