Clinical Study

Selective Arterial Embolization of Liver Metastases from Gastrinomas: A Single-Centre Experience

Table 4

The literature research.

Author
Year
N Location of primary tumorNumber of
gastrinomas
TreatmentClinical response
(overall)
N (%)*
Biochemical
response
N (%)*
Radiological response*

Sato et al.,   
2000 [13]
2
pNETNSTAENS100%NS

Mitty et al.,
1985 [14]
18
Carcinoid, pNET, lung, unknownNSTAE17 (94%)12 (67%)NS

Kamat et al.,
2008 [15]
38pNET, carcinoidNSTAE
TACE
20 (53%) NS15 (44%)

Strosberg et al.,
2006 [16]
84Carcinoid, unknown, lungNSTAE44 (52%)35 (42%)40 (48%)

Meij et al.,
2005 [17]
13pNET, carcinoidNSTAE4 (31%)3 (23%)4 (31%)

Chamberlain et al.,
2000 [18]
33pNET, carcinoidNSTAE31 (94%) NSNS

Marlink et al.,
1990 [19]
10pNET, carcinoidNSTAE10 (100%)10 (100%)10 (100%)

Stockmann et al.,
1984 [20]
6pNET, carcinoidNSTAE6 (100%)6 (100%)NS

Gupta et al.,
2005 [21]
123pNET, carcinoid, lung, unknown9TAE
TACE
NSNS67% carcinoid
35% pNET

Osborne et al.,
2006 [22]
59
Carcinoid, pNET, unknown, lung2TAE48 (81%) NSNS

Ajani et al.,
1988 [23]
22
pNET9TAE12 (55%)12 (55%)NS

Brown et al.,
1999 [24]
35pNET, carcinoid
4TAE10 (29%)12 (34%)
12 (34%)

Eriksson et al.,
1998 [25]
41pNET, carcinoid2TAENS16 (40%) 38% carcinoid
17% pNET

Jilesen, present study3Gastrinomas3TAE3 (100%)2 (67)3 (100%)

None of the studies described the response rate for gastrinomas separately. The results presented in the table describe the overall response rate of embolization in liver metastases from pNET/carcinoid.