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Table 1 Patients characteristics

From: The prognostic significance of semi-quantitative metabolic parameters and tumoral metabolic activity based on 123I-MIBG SPECT/CT in pretreatment neuroblastoma patients

Parameters

Value (%)

N

50

Gender

 

Male

25 (50%)

Female

25 (50%)

Age at diagnosis

 

Median (months)

37

\(\:<\)18 months

18 (36%)

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18 (36%)

\(\:\ge\:\)5 years

14 (28%)

Primary tumor site

 

Abdomen

39 (78%)

Mediastinum

7 (14%)

Pelvic

4 (8%)

IDRF

 

Positive

30 (60%)

Negative

20 (40%)

IDRF number

1.8 (0, 3), range: 0–7

Curie score

3.3 (0, 2), range: 0–28

Extent of MIBG uptake

 

More than muscle and less than liver

19 (38%)

More than liver

31 (62%)

Bone/bone marrow metastases

 

No

33 (66%)

Yes

17 (34%)

Histology

 

NB

33 (66%)

GNB

17 (34%)

NSE (ng/ml)

89.1 (23.65, 58.6), range: 18–830

Number

37 (74%)

No information

13 (26%)

LDH (U/L)

361.57 (228, 345), range: 191–1870

Number

30 (60%)

No information

20 (40%)

MYCN

 

Normal

33 (66%)

Amplified or gained

4 (8%)

No information

13 (26%)

1p36 aberration

 

No

30 (60%)

Yes

2 (4%)

No information

18 (36%)

11q23 aberration

 

No

30 (60%)

yes

5 (10%)

No information

15 (30%)

Asp

0.3 (0.18, 0.33), range − 0.5–1.5

Treatment

 

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

23 (46%)

Surgery

50 (100%)

Post-operative chemotherapy

31 (62%)

Radiotherapy

13 (26%)

  1. IDRF: image-defined risk factors; MIBG: meta-iodobenzylguanidine; NB: neuroblastoma; GNB: ganglioneuroblastoma; NSE: neuron-specific enolase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; ASP: asphericity