Small bowel carcinoid: Location isn’t everything!

Table 2 Patient demographics based primary tumor site (n = 3763)

	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	Total
	(n = 872)	(n = 324)	(n = 2567)	(n = 3763)
Age
≤ 40	4.10%	6.80%	5.20%	5.10%
41-50	12.60%	11.40%	14.30%	13.60%
51-60	24.00%	24.70%	28.20%	26.90%
61-70	28.40%	27.80%	25.90%	26.70%
> 70	30.80%	29.30%	26.30%	27.60%
Gender
Female	46.00%	43.20%	50.80%	49.00%
Male	54.00%	56.80%	49.20%	51.00%
Race
White	67.90%	82.40%	88.40%	83.20%
Black	23.30%	15.70%	9.30%	13.10%
Asian/other	8.80%	1.90%	2.30%	3.70%
Geographic region
East	38.90%	32.70%	34.20%	35.10%
Northern plains	14.90%	14.20%	15.80%	15.50%
Pacific coast	39.70%	44.40%	42.90%	42.30%
Southwest	6.50%	8.60%	7.10%	7.10%
Year of diagnosis
1988-1992	4.40%	9.60%	8.10%	7.30%
1993-1997	7.10%	10.50%	12.50%	11.10%
1998-2003	30.30%	31.80%	29.80%	30.10%
2004-2009	58.30%	48.10%	49.60%	51.50%
Number of primaries
1	88.40%	90.70%	87.60%	88.00%
2+	11.60%	9.30%	12.40%	12.00%
Extent of surgery
Local excision	62.20%	4.30%	3.20%	17.00%
Resection	35.30%	88.60%	88.00%	75.80%
Debulking	2.50%	7.10%	8.80%	7.20%
Number of lymph nodes examined
0	81%	35%	20%	36%
1-6	13%	34%	29%	26%
7-12	4%	19%	23%	18%
13+	3%	11%	28%	20%
Tumor size (cm)
0.1-1.0	42%	20%	20%	25%
1.1-2.0	15%	41%	35%	31%
2.1+	9%	24%	31%	25%
Unknown	34%	14%	14%	18%
T-stage
T1	60%	8%	12%	23%
T2	10%	12%	14%	13%
T3	3%	42%	39%	31%
T4	5%	32%	29%	24%
TNOS	21%	6%	6%	10%
N-stage
N0	12%	13%	16%	15%
N1	7%	52%	64%	49%
Unknown	81%	35%	20%	36%
M-stage
M0	97%	75%	74%	79%
M1	3%	25%	26%	21%
TNM-stage
I	6%	1%	4%	4%
IIA	2%	1%	3%	2%
IIB	1%	5%	4%	3%
IIIA	1%	2%	2%	1%
IIIB	5%	37%	45%	35%
IV	3%	25%	26%	21%
Unknown	83%	30%	16%	33%