Research Article

[Retracted] Clinicopathological Characteristics of Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms and the Effect of Surgical Treatment on the Prognosis of Patients with Liver Metastases: A Study Based on the SEER Database

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics and univariate analysis of patients with NF-pNENs registered in the SEER database (2000-2017).

CharacteristicsNumber of patients () (%)Survival rate (%) value
3 years5 years

Age (years)<0.001
 ≤601421 (63.7)86.981.4
 >601523 (36.3)74.667.2
Sex<0.001
 Male1626 (55.2)77.670.7
 Female1318 (44.8)84.278.3
Race0.052
 White2324 (78.9)79.773.2
 Black328 (11.1)81.277.1
 Others292 (9.9)85.778.2
Primary site<0.001
 Head863 (29.3)75.069.3
 Body454 (15.4)85.980.2
 Tail1116 (37.9)84.078.1
 Islet17 (0.6)85.280.6
 Others92 (3.1)82.874.4
 Overlapping192 (6.5)75.365.2
 NOS210 (7.1)
Grade<0.001
 G12104 (71.5)86.480.5
 G2570 (19.4)81.472.9
 G3200 (6.8)34.128.2
 G470 (2.4)24.220.8
Tumor stage<0.001
 Localized1572 (53.4)91.186.3
 Regional730 (24.8)83.777.8
 Distant642 (21.8)51.440.9
Surgery<0.001
 Yes2297 (78.0)73.734.7
 No647 (22.0)73.932.1
Tumor size (mm)<0.001
 1-201136 (38.6)88.083.9
 21-40930 (31.6)80.772.1
 ≥40878 (29.8)70.763.9
Metastasis<0.001
 Liver metastasis529 (18.0)52.341.1
 No metastasis2415 (82.0)86.881.5

NOS: not otherwise specified. Univariate analysis was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method with the log-rank test; was considered statistically significant.