| Literature DB >> 2979216 |
A P Savage1, J Calam, C B Wood, S R Bloom.
Abstract
The hypothesis that somatostatin, a compound with antitrophic effects on the gastrointestinal tract, may affect beneficially the progression of advanced intestinal cancer has been tested in a small pilot study. Ten patients, four with advanced pancreatic cancer, four with advanced colorectal cancer and two with gastric cancer, were treated with a long-acting analogue of somatostatin, SMS 201-995, 50, 100 micrograms subcutaneously twice daily. There were no clinical, radiological or biochemical indicators of a response to this treatment. There are no indications from this study that hormonal manipulation alters the rate of growth of advanced gastrointestinal cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2979216 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.1987.tb00612.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aliment Pharmacol Ther ISSN: 0269-2813 Impact factor: 8.171