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Systematic Review of the Role of Targeted Therapy in Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Author(s) -
Adrian Lee,
David L. Chan,
Matthew H. Wong,
Bob T. Li,
S. P. Lumba,
Stephen Clarke,
Jaswinder S. Samra,
Nick Pavlakis
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
neuroendocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.493
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1423-0194
pISSN - 0028-3835
DOI - 10.1159/000446115
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroendocrine tumors , randomized controlled trial , everolimus , progression free survival , oncology , targeted therapy , cancer , overall survival
Targeted therapies [interferon (IFN), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors, and somatostatin analogs (SSA)] have become an integral part of the neuroendocrine tumor (NET) treatment paradigm. We systematically reviewed the available literature to assess the overall beneficial and negative effects of targeted therapy on progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), response rate (RR), and toxicity.

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