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Is it appropriate to treat unresectable secretory insulinoma of tail of the pancreas with radiation therapy?

What dose would you recommend? Any role for systemtic therapy?
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Radiation Oncology · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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Absolutely, it is the preferred treatment. Well differentiated functional NETs of the pancreas have been considered a resistant histology. However, the available data are based on palliative doses (BED<50Gy). It is an open question, but very likely that ablative doses (BED>100Gy) can overcome this r...

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