A new combination therapy that pairs a radiopharmaceutical (177Lu-DOTATATE) with a DNA-repair blocker (olaparib) has been deemed feasible and tolerable for neuroendocrine cancer patients. The ...

The Bloggess, Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of 'Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir,' has neuroendocrine cancer.

Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson, MD, discusses how neuroendocrine tumors are classified according to World Health Organization guidelines, diagnosed primarily through imaging, and treated with approaches ...

Dr. Kimberly Perez and Dr. Jaydira Del Rivero discuss the new guideline from ASCO on symptom management for well-differentiated GEP-NETs. They share the latest recommendations on managing symptoms ...

Lutathera is used in adults and certain children to treat neuroendocrine tumors in the digestive system and pancreas. To learn more about the drug’s uses, see the “ What is Lutathera used for ...

AbstractBackground:. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms are recognized precursor lesions to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). There remains an unmet need to establish biomarkers for ...

Key Takeaways A phase 1 trial combines immunotherapy and an oncolytic virus for high-grade neuroendocrine tumors, aiming to enroll 36 patients by 2030. The trial evaluates Opdivo, Yervoy, and Seneca ...

Mass General Brigham Newton-Wellesley Hospital announced Thursday that a sixth staff member had been diagnosed with a benign, non-malignant brain tumor. According to a new hospital update addressed to ...

Dr. Aman Chauhan, leader of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, is leading a clinical trial testing a combination of immunotherapy drugs and a tumor-busting ...

A clinical trial for patients with high-grade neuroendocrine tumors is now open for enrollment at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

These symptoms can be true regardless of whether a pancreatic head tumor is from an adenocarcinoma or neuroendocrine tumor. For patients whose cancer originates in the tail of the pancreas — on the ...