Clinical Study
Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumour Liver Metastases: A New and Effective Modality for Treatment
Table 1
Patient details and response to selective internal radiation therapy.
| Patient | Gender | Age | Carcinoid syndrome | Liver Involvement | 5HIAA response | CT response | Survival (months) |
| 1* | Male | 29 | Yes | 25–50% | Yes | Yes | 34.2† | 2 | Female | 49 | Yes | >50% | n/a | Yes | 26.9† | 3 | Male | 70 | No | >50% | n/a | Yes | 11.9† | 4 | Male | 64 | Yes | <25% | Yes | Yes | 110† | 5* | Male | 71 | Yes | <25% | Yes | Yes | 37† | 6* | Female | 46 | Yes | >50% | Yes | Yes | 79† | 7* | Female | 60 | No | <25% | n/a | Yes | 60 | 8 | Male | 52 | No | <25% | n/a | Yes | 58 | 9 | Male | 61 | Yes | 50% | n/a | Yes | 16.4† | 10* | Female | 60 | Yes | 25–50% | No | Yes | 21† | 11* | Male | 72 | Yes | <25% | Yes | Yes | 23 | 12* | Male | 60 | No | <25% | Yes | Yes | 23 | 13* | Male | 56 | Yes | <25% | n/a | Yes | 22 | 14 | Female | 73 | Yes | <25% | n/a | Yes | 19 |
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†Deceased; *received hepatic artery chemotherapy.
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