Thoracic Malignancies

Neuroendocrine Tumors

Questions discussed in this category

Is there a role of everolimus or capecitabine and temozolomide in diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia in patients already on octreotide?

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Do you treat atypical carcinoid of the lung with N2 or N3 nodal involvement with definitive concurrent chemoradiation?

Would there be any benefit to surgery in a healthy/good PS patient? There is so little data on pulmonary atypical carcinoid and radiation respons...

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How do you treat non-resectable carcinoid of the thymus?

Would you consider first line treatment with somatostatin analog or Lu 177 dotatate? Is observation an option for asymptomatic patients?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Neuroendocrinology,

Thymic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Biological Behaviour and Therapy.

American journal of clinical oncology, 1997-06

Pretreatment characteristics of carcinoid tumors of the lung which predict aggressive behavior.

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2015-02

Defining the role of adjuvant chemotherapy after lobectomy for typical bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors.

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg,

Carcinoid tumors of the lung and multimodal therapy.

Chest, 2020 Aug 14

Clinical Characteristics of Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia: A Retrospective Analysis.

Chest, 2020 Jul

Somatostatin Analogs Improve Respiratory Symptoms in Patients With Diffuse Idiopathic Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia.

ERJ Open Res, 2020 Oct

Constrictive bronchiolitis in diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia.

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