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- Title
Neoadjuvant peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for an inoperable neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor.
- Authors
Kaemmerer, Daniel; Prasad, Vikas; Daffner, Wolfgang; Hörsch, Dieter; Klöppel, Günter; Hommann, Merten; Baum, Richard P
- Abstract
Pancreatic endocrine tumors are rare but are among the most common neuroendocrine neoplasms of the abdomen. At diagnosis many of them are already advanced and difficult to treat. We report on an initially inoperable malignant pancreatic endocrine tumor in a 33-year-old woman, who received neoadjuvant peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) as first-line treatment. This resulted in a significant downstaging of the tumor and allowed its subsequent complete surgical removal. Follow-up for eighteen months revealed a complete remission. This is the first report on neoadjuvant PRRT in a neuroendocrine neoplasm with subsequent successful complete resection.
- Publication
World journal of gastroenterology, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 46, p5867
- ISSN
2219-2840
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3748/wjg.15.5867