Table 7

Articles where only patients with Ki-67 <5% were included in the meta-analysis

AuthorPatient demographicKi-67 notes
Ki-67 labelling index (%)5-Year survival (%)No.
Begestuen et al17258 consecutive patients (130 stained), small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours. Surgical resection and biopsy<576101
≥56129
Pape et al18399 consecutive patients (259 stained), gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours . Surgical resection and biopsy≤596133
>5–108067
>103559
Bettini et al15180 consecutive patients (49 patients stained), non-functioning pancreatic tumours. Surgical resection only≤588107
>53345