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ea0073aep509 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2021

Self-administration of long-acting somatostatin analogues in NET patients forced by the COVID-19 pandemic – does it affect the clinical outcome?

Opalinska Marta , Anna Kurzynska , Staszczak Anna Sowa , Joanna Palen-Tytko , Zwinczewska Helena , Karolina Morawiec-Slawek , Hubalewska-Dydejczyk Alicja

BackgroundSomatostatin analogues (SSA) (octreotide and lanreotide) are recommended as a first line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) with a good expression of somatostatin receptor (SSTR). Both of them are usually used in injection repeated every 4 weeks.The study objectiveWas to compare the way of SSA administration (injection performed by profession...