Neuroendocrine Tumors

Investigators are assessing treatment with ELC-100 among patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors as part of a phase 1/2 trial.

FDA acceptance is based on phase 3 CABINET trial results, with cabozantinib showing a PFS improvement in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Data from 2 NETTER trials support lutetium Lu 177 dotatate's approval in somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Findings from a phase 2 trial support the potential survival benefit of BXCL701 plus pembrolizumab in patients with small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer.

Data from the phase 3 NETTER-2 trial support the frontline use of Lutetium Lu 77 dotatate well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

177Lu-PNT2003 is a generic version of lutetium Lu 177 dotatate, which is used to treat somatostatin receptor–positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Cabozantinib may become a new treatment option for those with previously treated advanced neuroendocrine tumors based on data from the phase 3 CABINET trial.

Over half of all patients with small cell neuroendocrine prostate cancer treated with BXCL701 and pembrolizumab were alive at 1 year in a phase 2 trial.

Data from a phase 1 trial highlight a clinically acceptable safety profile for BI 764532 in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer and extrapulmonary neuroendocrine carcinomas.

Clearance of an automated immunoassay allows practices to measure chromogranin A concentration in human serum, thereby tracking disease progression in those with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

The safety profile of cabozantinib as a treatment for patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in the phase 3 CABINET trial is comparable with previous reports of the agent.

Patients with DLL3-positive small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine carcinoma experience early efficacy following treatment with BI 764532.

The addition of bevacizumab to FOLFIRI does not appear to improve overall survival over FOLFIRI alone in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Data from a retrospective study suggests that stereotactic body radiotherapy may be a suitable alternative to surgical resection for patients with primary lung neuroendocrine tumors, according to an expert from Moffitt Cancer Center.

Rolling submission with the FDA for surufatinib treatment in patients with pancreatic and extra-pancreatic neoendocrume tumors was completed and an expanded access program for the drug is currently underway for patients in the United States.

Data presented at the virtual AACR Annual Meeting 2021 showed that a phase 2 trial examining combination treatment with adavosertib plus irinotecan met its protocol-defined efficacy end point in a cohort of pediatric patients with neuroblastoma.

The hospitalist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center highlighted important takeaways from a study which evaluated the use of 177Lu-DOTATATE in patients with well-differentiated, high-grade neuroendocrine tumors.

The expert in hematology/oncology discussed the implications of a study which evaluated the use of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.

A study found a number of factors associated with increased recurrence risk for patients with locally advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors following surgical resection, including sex, lymph node metastases, and resection of other organs with tumor involvement.

The hospitalist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discussed the results of a study which evaluated the use of 177Lu-DOTATATE in patients with well-differentiated, high-grade neuroendocrine tumors.

The expert in hematology/oncology discussed the results of a study which evaluated the use of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.

No significant benefits to progression-free survival were noted with the axitinib-plus-octreotide combination for the treatment of patients with advanced G1-2 extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

The hospitalist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center spoke about the design of a study which evaluated the use of 177Lu-DOTATATE in patients with well-differentiated, high-grade neuroendocrine tumors.

The expert in hematology/oncology spoke about the study which evaluated the use of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.

The Detectnet injection was approved by the FDA for the localization of somatostatin receptor positive neuroendocrine tumors in adult patients.

Cancer Network spoke with Dr. Shishir Maithel about grading and diagnosing neuroendocrine tumors and how PRRT best fits into the treatment algorithm of these tumors.

Among patients with small-bowel neuroendocrine tumors, accurate lymph node staging may require the examination of at least eight lymph nodes.

An analysis of more than 70,000 patients revealed significant differences with regard to survival between different sites of origin for neuroendocrine tumors.

Lenvatinib offers the highest published response rate to a targeted agent for patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors, but the agent’s precise role in this setting remains in question.

In general, NETs are considered an “immunological desert,” but a new study showed some promise for immunotherapy.