Patient Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics
| Characteristic | n |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| F | 36 |
| M | 54 |
| Age (y) | |
| Mean | 58 |
| Range | 22–86 |
| Indication for PET | |
| Equivocal CI | 6 |
| Follow-up | 17 |
| Interim PET | 4 |
| Restaging | 36 |
| Staging | 23 |
| UPC | 4 |
| Primary tumor site | |
| Gastrointestinal tract (other than pancreas) | 32 |
| Appendix | 1 |
| Duodenum | 3 |
| Ileum | 27 |
| Water papilla | 1 |
| Pancreas | 30 |
| Lung | 16 |
| Paraganglioma | 10 |
| Thymus | 1 |
| Occult* | 1 |
| Pathology | |
| Well-differentiated NET | 88 |
| Moderately differentiated | 1 |
| Poorly differentiated | 1 |
↵* Site of primary tumor remained occult in 1 patient; pathologic examination was performed on metastatic tissue.
Interim PET = PET during therapy.