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15th European Congress of Endocrinology

Plenary Lectures

NET Management

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Neuroendocrine tumour management

Bodei Lisa , Paganelli Giovanni

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) tend to be slow growing (although aggressive forms exist) and are often diagnosed when they have already metastasised.Treatment of NETs is typically multidisciplinary and should be individualised according to the tumour type, burden, and symptoms. Therapeutic tools in NETs include surgery, interventional radiology and medical treatments such as somatostatin analogues, interferon, chemotherapy, new targeted drugs and peptide ...