Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics for patients with resected NF-PNET.

From: Preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and tumor-related factors to predict lymph node metastasis in nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Variable

All patients (n = 101)

Age (yrs median[range])

53 (19–77)

Male gender (n [%])

53 (52.5%)

Presentation

 Abdominal pain

54 (53.5%)

 Incidental finding

35 (34.6%)

 Abdominal discomfort

6 (5.9%)

 Jaundice

5 (5.0%)

 Diarrhea

1 (1.0%)

 Tumor size (cm median[range])

4.0 (1.0–19.0)

Location

 Head/uncinate/neck

44 (43.6%)

 Body/Tail

57 (56.4%)

Surgical approaches

 DP

56 (55.4%)

 PD

30 (29.7%)

 Combined DP resection

5 (5.0%)

 Combined PD resection

7 (6.9%)

 Combined TP resection

3 (3.0%)

Grade

 G1

24 (23.8%)

 G2

56 (55.4%)

 G3

21 (20.8%)

Ki-67 index

 ≤2%

28 (27.7%)

 3 to 20%

52 (51.5%)

 >20%

21 (20.8%)

Lymphovascular invasion (n [%])

34 (33.7%)

Positive lymph nodes (n [%])

27 (26.7%)

Distant metastasis at initial diagnosis (n [%])

15 (14.9%)

  1. DP, distal pancreatectomy; PD, pancreaticoduodenectomy; Combined PD resection, pancreaticoduodenectomy with portal vein resection or hepatectomy or colectomy; Combined DP resection, distal pancreatectomy with portal vein resection or hepatectomy or colectomy; Combined TP resection, total pancreatectomy with portal vein resection or hepatectomy or colectomy.