Current Scientific Rationale for the Use of Somatostatin Analogs and mTOR Inhibitors in Neuroendocrine Tumor Therapy
Author(s) -
Corinne Bousquet,
Charline Lasfargues,
Mounira Chalabi,
Siham Moatassim Billah,
Christiane Susini,
Delphine Vezzosi,
Philippe Caron,
Stéphane Pyronnet
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-2088
Subject(s) - pasireotide , everolimus , somatostatin receptor , somatostatin , lanreotide , neuroendocrine tumors , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , octreotide , pharmacology , cancer research , medicine , sirolimus , signal transduction , biology , acromegaly , microbiology and biotechnology , hormone , growth hormone
Among the innovative molecules used to manage neuroendocrine tumors, there is growing interest in combining the somatostatin analogs octreotide or pasireotide (SOM230) and everolimus (RAD001), an inhibitor that targets the protein kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).
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