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  • Editorial: Lurbinectedin for neuroendocrine tumors (Should help Ewing’s and some advanced breast cancers)

    10/11/2023 7:55:15 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 3 replies
    Medical Xpress / Impact Journals LLC / Oncoscience ^ | Oct. 6, 2023 | Deepak Bhamidipati et al
    In their new editorial, researchers Deepak Bhamidipati and Vivek Subbiah discuss lurbinectedin as a method to treat neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). NETs encompass a variety of neoplasms which display a wide spectrum of biologic behavior, ranging from the aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) to often indolent well-differentiated NETs. For well-differentiated NETs, somatostatin analogs (SSAs) are widely accepted as an effective frontline therapy for progressive or symptomatic disease; however, subsequent therapy options such as capecitabine/ temozolomide, sunitinib, everolimus, and radionuclide therapy in selected cases are associated with variable response rates (typically less than 20%) and limited progression-free survival. NECs can respond to platinum-based...