TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics, Biochemical Markers, and Tracer Uptake Scores

Patient no.	Age (y)	Sex	Location of lesions (n)	Symptoms	Relevant medication	Biochemical marker*			Uptake score
Patient no.	Age (y)	Sex	Location of lesions (n)	Symptoms	Relevant medication	5-HIAA	HVA	Meta	IMT	Oct
1	70	F	Liver (3)	Abdominal pain	—	9.7†	—	—	0	3
2	73	M	Liver, abdominal (4)	Diarrhea, flushing	—	15.6†	—	—	1	12
3	76	F	Liver, abdominal, neck (10)	Diarrhea, pain	Interferon-α	33.5†	5.7†	72†	1	16
4	63	F	Liver, abdominal, lungs (11)	Abdominal pain	—	18†	5.8†	—	8	22
5	44	F	Liver, abdominal (17)	Flushing	Octreotide	65.8†	5.8†	98†	11	36
6	59	M	Liver (11)	Flushing	Interferon-α	37.3†	2.2	60	6	21
7	67	F	Liver, abdominal (4)	Diarrhea	—	2.8	—	—	0	5
8	67	F	Liver, abdominal, neck (8)	Diarrhea, flushing	Octreotide	10.9†	3.7	143†	4	12
9	66	M	Supraclavicular (1)	None	—	8.9†	—	—	2	2
10	72	M	Liver, lung (1)	None	—	1.1	—	—	2	2
11	63	M	Liver, abdominal, lungs (6)	Diarrhea	—	25.8†	2	48	2	11
12	64	M	Abdominal, mediastinal (9)	Diarrhea, flushing	Octreotide	7.3†	—	—	5	14
13	75	F	Abdominal, supraclavicular (7)	Diarrhea	—	4.6†	—	—	0	7
14	58	M	Liver, neck (5)	Diarrhea, flushing	Octreotide, interferon-α	135†	4.5	129†	10	10
15	74	M	Abdominal, lungs (9)	Flushing	Octreotide	10.5†	2.8	75†	1	12
16	58	M	Liver, abdominal, bones (9)	Abdominal pain	—	3.4	—	—	2	12
17	64	M	Liver, abdominal (1)	Diarrhea	—	8.6†	3.1	92†	1	2
18	56	F	Liver, abdominal (12)	None	Octreotide	51.2†	—	—	8	20
19	55	F	Abdominal, supraclavicular (4)	Diarrhea, flushing	—	2.1	8.1†	117†	3	11
20	50	F	Abdominal (1)	Diarrhea	—	4.3†	6†	—	0	1
21	69	F	Liver (8)	Flushing	—	91.5†	9.8†	100†	11	13
22	54	F	Liver, abdominal (4)	Diarrhea, flushing	—	151†	3.4	98†	9	5

↵* Selected markers: 5HIAA as serotonin, HVA as dopamine, and metanephrines (Meta) as catecholamine marker. Units are given in text.
↵† Value elevated.
Oct = octreotide.