TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics at Start of Additional Therapy

CharacteristicNo. of patients
Response after regular treatment
 Radiologic*28
 CgA†2
 CgA, PD→SD1
 CgA, sympt, PD→SD1
 KPS‡, sympt1
Tumor type
 Carcinoid20
  Bronchial3
  Gastric1
  Rectal1
  Midgut15
 Pancreatic NET§8
 NET of unknown origin5

  • ↵* Tumor size reduction of ≥25%.

  • ↵† Decrease of ≥50%.

  • ↵‡ Improvement of 20 points.

  • ↵§ One insulinoma, no hypoglycemic events at start additional therapy.

  • PD = progressive disease; SD = stable disease; PD→SD = conversion of proven PD into SD; sympt = symptomatic improvement.