The efficacy of everolimus and sunitinib in patients with sporadic or germline mutated metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Jose Eduardo Nuñez, Mauro Daniel Spina Donadio, Duilio Rocha Filho, Juliana Florinda M. Rêgo, Milton Barros, Maria Nirvana Formiga, Rossana Lopez, Rachel P. Riechelmann

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology · 2019 · 18 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

Our study suggests that everolimus may offer a prolonged tumor control in pNETS with germline mutations (MEN1 or VHL) compared to sporadic ones. The small number of patients and the retrospective nature of this study precludes any definitive conclusions.

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