Systemic Treatments for Advanced, Well-Differentiated, Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors That Progress on Somatostatin Analogues

Another episode in the expert opinion series. I thought this might be useful for some of you after an interesting ‘google alert’ brought up these discussions. It comprises a roundtable discussion with known NET specialists and some big hitters too. Dr Jonathan Strosberg is another favourite of mine, not only because he is a prodigious researcher, writing and helping to write various studies on NETs. Plus, I’ve actually met him!

Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD

Professor of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Section Head, Neuroendocrine Tumor Division
Chair, Gastrointestinal Department Research Program
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL

The discussion is centred on the following statement and question

Small-bowel neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) will eventually progress* during ongoing somatostatin analogue (SSA) therapy. Treatment options for progressive disease are limited, but emerging therapies may offer new hope for these challenging-to-treat patients. (* remember the title contains the term “advanced”).

Systemic Treatments for Advanced, Well-Differentiated, Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors That Progress on Somatostatin Analogues – Expert Perspectives

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