How would you treat a patient with metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of the gallbladder with early relapse after platinum doublet?
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Medical Oncology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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By describing the tumor as a Neuroendocrine carcinoma one implies that the tumor is poorly differentiated and high grade. This is often described as extra-pulmonary small cell lung cancer or high grade GI NEC. There are no standard second line regimens. Options are to treat similarly to a small cell lung cancer or to use a regimen active in second line for the site of origin. We usually sequence these patients with close attention to MSI and try our best to enroll in a clinical trial.