Table 1 Characteristics of NET cases tested.

From: Differential methylation of G-protein coupled receptor signaling genes in gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors

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Utah cancer registry cases excluding those tested

Cases tested

Molecular classification by copy number variation (CNV)

18LOH

NoCNV

MultiCNV

Number of cases

516

47

19

20

8

Diagnosis years

1999–2014

1999–2018

1999–2016

2003–2018

2011–2018

Race Caucasian

500 (97%)

44 (94%)

18 (94%)

18 (90%)

8 (100%)

Male

285 (55%)

28 (60%)

10 (52%)

12 (60%)

6 (75%)

Average age at diagnosis (range)

62.1 (19–90)

60.6 (25–87)

59.8 (44–87)

59.2 (25–77)

66.0 (50–85)

Tumor location [ICD-O-3 site codes]

Small intestine [170–173, 178, 179]

475 (92%)

44 (94%)

19 (100%)

17 (85%)

8 (100%)

Appendix [181]

41 (8%)

3 (6%)

0

3

0

Stage [SEER summary stage]

Localized [1]

170 (33%)

12 (26%)

1 (5%)

8 (40%)

3 (38%)

Regional [2, 3, 4]

224 (43%)

23 (49%)

11 (58%)

9 (45%)

3 (38%)

Distant [7]

110 (21%)

12 (26%)

7 (37%)

3 (15%)

2 (25%)

Unknown [9]

12 (2%)

0

0

0

0

Grade

Total tumors graded

224 (43%)

37 (79%)

17 (89%)

12 (60%)

8 (100%)

Grade 1

155 (69%)

26 (70%)

12 (71%)

9 (70%)

5 (63%)

Grade 2

59 (26%)

10 (27%)

5 (29%)

3 (25%)

2 (25%)

Grade 3

10 (4%)

1 (3%)

0

0

1 (13%)

Unknown grade

292 (57%)

10 (21%)

2 (11%)

8 (40%)

0

Tobacco use indication

159 (31%)

13 (28%)

7 (37%)

4 (20%)

2 (25%)

Family history of small intestinal NET

14 (3%)

1 (2%)

1 (5%)

0

0