| Literature DB >> 10027326 |
M Raderer1, G Hamilton, A Kurtaran, J Valencak, I Haberl, O Hoffmann, G V Kornek, F Vorbeck, M H Hejna, I Virgolini, W Scheithauer.
Abstract
Fourteen patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma were treated with the long-acting somatostatin (SST) analogue lanreotide. No objective response was obtained, and the median survival was 4 months (range 1.8-7 months). Pancreatic cancer could not be visualized by means of SST-receptor (R) scintigraphy in our patients. In vitro data also demonstrated absence of SSTR2 expression, suggesting pancreatic cancer not to be a potential target for treatment with SST analogues.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10027326 PMCID: PMC2362412 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690084
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640