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Data are generally reported from case series, and no randomized trials have studied these treatments. The aim was to compare outcome after liver resection and\/or RFA with that of non-surgical treatment in patients with liver metastases from SI-NET.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The study included patients with liver metastases from SI-NET who underwent liver RFA\/resection or were treated non-surgically. A propensity score match was performed to reduce bias between groups, using baseline variables such as the Charlson co-morbidity index, age, symptoms, carcinoid heart disease, extent of metastases and proliferation index.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Some 103 patients who had RFA and\/or liver resection were compared with 273 controls. Propensity score matching resulted in two matched groups, each of 72 patients, with no significant differences in baseline variables. The matched resection\/RFA and control groups showed no difference in overall survival (both 74 per cent at 5 years; P = 0\u00b7869) or disease-specific survival (74 versus 78 per cent respectively at 5 years; P = 1\u00b7000). However, urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels were lower (median 77 versus 120 \u00b5mol per 24 h; P = 0\u00b7005) and the proportion of patients with progressive disease within the liver was smaller (2 of 18 versus 8 of 18; P &amp;lt; 0\u00b7001) in the resection\/RFA group after 5 years.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These data do not support the use of liver resection and\/or RFA in an effort to prolong survival in patients with liver metastases from SI-NET.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.9262","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,4]],"date-time":"2013-09-04T14:35:40Z","timestamp":1378305340000},"page":"1505-1514","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Outcome after resection and radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases from small intestinal neuroendocrine 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