Jianwei Zhang, Haibin Zhu, Lin Shen, Jie Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Chunmei Bai, Zhiwei Zhou, Xianrui Yu, Zhiping Li, Enxiao Li, Xianglin Yuan, Wenhui Lou, Yihebali Chi, Nong Xu, Yongmei Yin, Yuxian Bai, Tao Zhang, Dianrong Xiu, Jia Chen, Shukui Qin, Xiuwen Wang, Yujie Yang, Haoyun Shi, Xian Luo, Songhua Fan, Weiguo Su, Ming Lu, Jianming Xu
OBJECTIVE: Currently, pre-treatment prediction of patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with liver metastases (PNELM) receiving surufatinib treatment was unsatisfying. Our objective was to examine the association between radiological characteristics and efficacy/prognosis. METHODS: We enrolled patients with liver metastases in the phase III, SANET-p trial (NCT02589821) and obtained contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) images. Qualitative and quantitative parameters including hepatic tumor margins, lesion volumes, enhancement pattern, localization types, and enhancement ratios were evaluated...
October 30, 2023: Chinese Journal of Cancer Research