Endocrine Abstracts

Immunotherapy in neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) has been investigating over the years, mainly with interferon-alpha-2b and oncolytic virus, without conclusive results. The new immune checkpoint inhibitors (IC-Is) are in an initial phase of investigation in NENs with no published study so far, apart from Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC). For this latter NEN Avelumab has been recently approved by the FDA and EMA in advanced disease irrespective of the line of treatment. From a biolo...

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: Available literature on series of patients affected by ectopic Cushing’s syndrome (ECS) deriving from neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) is relatively scarce. This is the first Italian multicentre study regarding clinicopathologic features, modalities of treatment, and survival of patients with NETs and ECS.Patients and methods: Retrospective analysis of data from patients with ECS from NETs collected in 14 centres between 1986 and 2014, ob...

Background: Everolimus is the only approved drug for patients with advanced bronchopulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (NET), and there is an urgent unmet need for alternative treatments. Retrospective data for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) have demonstrated promising activity in somatostatin receptor (SST)-positive lung NET. This study aims to investigate the clinical efficacy, safety, and patient-reported outcomes when 177Lu-edotreotide is used to treat...