Research Article

Management and Follow-up of Patients with a Bronchial Neuroendocrine Tumor in the Last Twenty Years in Ireland: Expected Inconsistencies and Unexpected Discoveries

Table 3

Therapeutic management of bronchial NET patients diagnosed, treated, or followed-up at our institution from 1st January 1995 to 31st December 2015 (). One patient underwent both radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

TreatmentNumber of patients (%)

Surgery44 (95.6%)
Somatostatin analogs0 (0%)
Interferon alpha0 (0%)
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy0 (0%)
Radiotherapy1 (2.2%)
Chemotherapy1 (2.2%)
Locoregional therapy of distant metastases (radiofrequency ablation, chemoembolization)0 (0%)
No treatment1 (2.2%)

: number of patients.