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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of small bowel cancer patients with liver metastases at diagnosis

From: Frequency, prognosis and treatment modalities of newly diagnosed small bowel cancer with liver metastases

Variable

Patients, no

Proportion of liver metastases, %

Survival among patients with liver metastases, median (IQR), mo

With small bowel cancer (n = 8831)

With metastatic disease (n = 2285)

With liver metastases (n = 1461)

Among entire cohort

Among subset with metastatic disease

Age

 < 40

369

86

64

17.34

74.42

38.3 (18.0–59.0)

 40–59

2998

782

509

16.98

65.09

38.7 (20.0–57.0)

 60–79

4371

1136

727

16.63

64.00

33.5 (14.0–51.0)

 ≥ 80

1093

281

161

14.73

57.30

23.4 (2.0–40.0)

Race

 Black

1485

365

241

16.23

66.03

32.8 (13.0–51.0)

 White

6791

1806

1148

16.90

63.57

34.7 (15.0–54.0)

 Othersa

465

110

69

14.84

62.73

31.7 (13.0–49.5)

 Unknown

90

4

3

3.33

75.00

32.3 (16.0–50.3)

Gender

 Male

4553

1179

765

16.80

64.89

34.0 (14.5–52.0)

 Female

4278

1106

696

16.27

62.93

34.5 (14.0–53.0)

Insurance status

 No

263

78

52

19.77

66.67

35.3 (12.0–59.0)

 Yes

8373

2179

1390

16.60

63.79

34.2 (15.0–53.0)

 Unknown

195

28

19

9.74

67.86

33.2 (14.0–51.0)

Marital status

 Unmarried

3222

842

529

16.42

62.83

31.5 (12.0–50.0)

 Married

5089

1339

859

16.88

64.15

36.0 (16.0–55.0)

 Unknown

520

104

73

14.04

70.19

34.2 (16.0–53.8)

Primary site

 Duodenum

3201

667

438

13.68

65.67

28.3 (8.0–46.0)

 Jejunum

848

232

111

13.09

47.85

35.6 (17.0–54.0)

 Ileum

2572

682

458

17.81

67.16

39.5 (21.0–57.0)

 Other siteb

141

27

16

11.35

59.26

36.0 (16.0–56.5)

 Unknown

2069

677

438

21.17

64.70

36.1 (17.0–55.0)

Grade

 I

3704

691

464

12.53

67.15

37.9 (20.0–55.0)

 II

1908

483

290

15.20

60.04

30.9 (13.0–48.0)

 III

849

332

186

21.91

56.02

18.5 (3.0–27.0)

 IV

125

77

27

21.60

35.06

29.9 (14.0–46.0)

 Unknown

2245

1514

494

22.00

32.63

37.2 (14.0–60.5)

Histologic type

 Adenocarcinoma

2457

886

506

20.59

57.11

20.0 (3.0–29.0)

 NEC

5406

1205

863

15.96

71.62

39.5 (21.0–57.0)

 GISS

968

194

92

9.50

47.42

41.1 (21.0–60.0)

T stage

 T1

1382

157

98

7.09

62.42

33.2 (14.0–52.0)

 T2

1306

157

114

8.73

72.61

40.8 (22.0–60.0)

 T3

2767

627

418

15.11

66.67

38.4 (19.0–57.0)

 T4

2128

803

427

20.07

53.18

29.7 (11.0–46.0)

 Unknown

1248

541

404

32.37

74.68

27.1 (4.25–46.0)

Tumor size, cm

 0–1

1518

86

52

3.43

60.47

38.3 (20.0–56.0)

 1–2

1897

413

267

14.07

64.65

38.9 (20.0–57.0)

 2–5

2523

751

488

19.34

64.98

34.7 (15.0–53.0)

 > 5

1325

347

176

13.28

50.72

33.8 (14.0–52.0)

 Unknown

1568

688

478

30.48

69.48

24.3 (16.0–42.0)

N stage

 N0

4732

859

531

11.22

61.82

34.5 (14.0–54.0)

 N1

3430

1096

728

21.22

66.42

36.7 (18.0–55.0)

 N2

315

115

51

16.19

44.35

20.9 (7.0–29.0)

 Unknown

354

215

151

42.66

70.23

18.9 (2.0–29.0)

M stage

 M0

6546

6546

0

0.00

0.00

37.1 (18.0–56.0)

 M1

2285

2285

1461

63.94

63.94

26.1 (6.0–42.0)

Extrahepatic metastatic sites to bone, lung, and brain, No

 0

8488

1953

1255

14.79

64.26

35.0 (15.0–54.0)

 1

243

243

142

58.44

58.44

14.1 (2.0–21.0)

 2

16

16

9

56.30

56.30

9.5 (2.3–14.8)

 Unknown

84

73

55

65.48

75.34

20.6 (1.3–36.8)

Surgery

 No

1865

946

674

36.14

71.24

19.7 (3.0–30.0)

 Yes

6935

1335

785

11.32

58.80

38.1 (19.0–56.0)

 Unknown

31

4

2

6.45

50.00

36.7 (14.0–56.0)

Radiotherapy

 No

8563

2177

1387

16.20

63.71

34.5 (15.0–53.0)

 Yes

268

108

74

27.61

68.52

24.3 (9.0–37.8)

Chemotherapy

 No

6820

1406

918

13.46

65.29

35.6 (16.0–55.0)

 Yes

2011

879

543

27.00

61.77

29.7 (12.0–44.0)

  1. IQR interquartile range, CI confidence interval, NEC neuroendocrine carcinoma, GISS gastrointestinal stromal sarcoma
  2. aAsian and American Indians
  3. bMeckels diverticulum, and overlapping lesion of small intestine