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Table 3 Pathologic characteristics

From: Relationship between clinical characteristics and survival of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A single-institution analysis (1995–2012) in South China

Characteristics

Casetested

Positive tests

  

n

%

Immunohistochemistry

   

 CgA

149

103

69.1

 Syn

143

129

90.2

Tumor grading

   

 G1

169

87

51.5

 G2

169

31

18.3

 G3

169

51

30.2

Tumor type

   

 NET

169

118

69.8

 NEC

169

46

27.2

 MANEC

169

5

3.0

Infiltration/Metastasis

   

 Muscularis/Serosa infiltration

100

53

53.0

 Adjacent tissue/Capsule infiltration

178

41

23.0

 Lymphatic metastasis

178

48

27.0

 Distant metastasis

   

  At initial diagnosis

178

41

23.0

  During follow-up

178

55

28.1

  1. CgA, Chromogranin A; Syn, Synaptophysin;NET, neuroendocrine tumor; NEC, neuroendocrine carcinoma; MANEC, mixed adenoendocrine carcinoma.