Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) can be an option for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PNENs) to allow patients undergo resection. Whether or not neoadjuvant PRRT increases postoperative morbidity remains unclear.Methods: Patients with initially metastatic and/or locally advanced PNEN who underwent neoadjuvant PRRT (neoadjuvant group) were compared with a group of patients who underwent upfront surgery (control group)...

Introduction: Medical therapy of Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (P-NETs) may take advantage from mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors. However, so far, the extent of therapeutic response cannot be predicted.Aim: To investigate the possible predictors of sensitivity to mTOR inhibitors in P-NETs.Materials and methods: P-NET primary cultures were treated with IGF1 and/or Everolimus. Cell viability and caspase activity wer...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are heterogeneous neoplasms arising from neuroendocrine cells spread in the respiratory and gastro-entero-pancreatic epithelium. The role of transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGFβ1) in NET biology is largely unknown. TGFβ1 signalling pathway is tumour suppressive in most non-transformed epithelial cell lines. In contrast, many human carcinomas are refractory to the growth–inhibitory effects of TGFβ1.<p class=...

Introduction: Surgery is the only cure for neuroendocrine tumor (NET) disease. R0 resection is critical for successful tumor resection. Early detection of residual disease is key for optimal management. Both imaging and current biomarkers have intrinsic limitations and are largely ineffective up to 3 months post-surgery. NETest, a multigene blood biomarker test, identifies NETs with >90% accuracy. We hypothesized that surgery would decrease NETest levels and that elevated scor...