Prognostic variables in patients with gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours Journal Article
| Authors: | McDermott, E. W. M.; Guduric, B.; Brennan, M. F. |
| Article Title: | Prognostic variables in patients with gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours |
| Abstract: | Prognostic variables in patients with gastrointestinal carcinoid tumour were studied with a view to identifying those most likely to benefit from aggressive therapy. A total of 188 patients were studied; the median follow‐up of those surviving was 72 months. On univariate analysis variables of prognostic significance were sex (P <0·01), site of the primary tumour (P <0·01), depth of invasion (P <0·001), tumour size (P <0·005), presence of lymph node (P <0·001) or liver (P <0·001) metastases, mode of discovery (P <0·001) and operative intent (P <0·001). On multivariate analysis the variables independently predictive of death from disease were sex (women have a better prognosis) and presence of metastases at the time of diagnosis. Copyright © 1994 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. |
| Keywords: | adult; aged; aged, 80 and over; survival analysis; retrospective studies; major clinical study; follow-up studies; gastrointestinal neoplasms; neoplasm metastasis; carcinoid; multivariate analysis; neoplasm invasiveness; sex factors; carcinoid tumor; middle age; gastrointestinal tumor; prognosis; human; male; female; priority journal; article |
| Journal Title: | British Journal of Surgery |
| Volume: | 81 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| ISSN: | 0007-1323 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published: | 1994-07-01 |
| Start Page: | 1007 |
| End Page: | 1009 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bjs.1800810725 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 7922047 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 14 January 2019 -- Article -- Source: Scopus |
