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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2023

Liver-Directed Therapy for Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastases in the Era of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy.

Rana Rabei, Nicholas Fidelman

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rana RabeiDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M-361, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Nicholas FidelmanDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Room M-361, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. Nicholas.Fidelman@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6040-4184
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementThe treatment of neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) liver metastases involves a multidisciplinary approach that includes liver-directed therapies (LDT) and systemic treatments, such as peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT). LDT has demonstrated efficacy in rapidly reducing tumor bulk, improving symptoms, and delaying disease progression. Interventional radiologists should be consulted prior to switching therapy for patients with progressive or symptomatic neuroendocrine tumor liver metastases. Long-term follow-up data on the safety of Yttrium-90 radioembolization before and after PRRT remain limited. Therefore, a more conservative approach may be to preferentially employ transarterial embolization (TAE) or transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for patients' somatostatin receptor-avid disease who may be future candidates for PRRT. Notable exceptions where radioembolization may be a preferred treatment strategy may be patients with history of biliary tract instrumentation, asymmetric unilobar disease distribution, and rapidly progressive diffuse liver involvement. Selection of local treatment modality, sequencing, and combination of LDT with systemic therapy require further investigation.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticLiver NeoplasmsNeuroendocrine TumorsHumansRadioisotopesReceptors, PeptideTreatment OutcomeRadioisotopesReceptors, PeptideAblationChemoembolizationEmbolizationLiver metastasesNeuroendocrine tumorRadioembolization

Identifiers

PMID38100020
PMCPMC10781814
OpenAlexW4389800093

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