Open AccessMetastatic Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma Responding to Octreotide: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Wang Xiang,
Zhou Na,
Xiao Yu,
Zhu Wenjia,
Bai Chunmei,
Zhao Lin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the oncologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.176
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1549-490X
pISSN - 1083-7159
DOI - 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0855
Subject(s) - medicine , octreotide , adrenocortical carcinoma , mitotane , somatostatin receptor , somatostatin , chemotherapy , scintigraphy , oncology , carcinoma
Abstract Advanced adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an aggressive disease with poor prognosis, and the current therapeutic options, such as mitotane or platinum‐based chemotherapy regimens, often offer limited efficacy. Here, we present the first report, to the author's knowledge, of metastatic ACC with positive octreoscan scintigraphy that was successfully treated with octreotide long‐acting release (LAR). A patient with metastatic ACC who showed poor tolerance to mitotane received octreotide LAR because of positive octreoscan scintigraphy. She obtained major partial response to the somatostatin analog. Interestingly, the expression of somatostatin receptor 2 from the previous local recurrence lesion was negative. The next‐generation sequencing‐based circulating tumor DNA analysis in the patient was performed and failed to identify any alterations. These findings suggest that octreotide LAR may be a good option for the treatment of metastatic ACC in selected patients.