Do you offer somatostatin analogues (eg lanreotide, octreotide) to asymptomatic patients with metastatic, nonfunctioning, well-differentiated enteropancreatic neuroendrocrine tumors?
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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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I do use SSA in non-functional NET because of the clear PFS benefit observed. There is a difference between whether a drug may have OS benefit in a particular setting vs whether it is possible to demonstrate it in a clinical trial. Please see our position paper:
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