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Budget impact of somatostatin analogs as treatment for metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in US hospitals.

ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR

Ortendahl JD, Pulgar SJ, Mirakhur B, Cox D, Bentley TG, Phan AT.
PMID: 28860831
Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2017 Aug 16;9:495-503. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S140866. eCollection 2017.

OBJECTIVE: With the introduction of new therapies, hospitals have to plan spending limited resources in a cost-effective manner. To assist in identifying the optimal treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, budget impact modeling was...

Profile of capecitabine/temozolomide combination in the treatment of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.

OncoTargets and therapy

Kotteas EA, Syrigos KN, Saif MW.
PMID: 26929640
Onco Targets Ther. 2016 Feb 09;9:699-704. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S72155. eCollection 2016.

Neuroendocrine tumors are a rare and heterogeneous group of tumors with a variety of primary origins and variable aggressiveness. Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the cornerstone of treatment for the poorly differentiated tumors. However, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors are quite chemoresistant...

Carcinoid syndrome from a carcinoid tumor of the pancreas without liver metastases: A case report and literature review.

Oncology letters

Zavras N, Schizas D, Machairas N, Damaskou V, Economopoulos N, Machairas A.
PMID: 28454406
Oncol Lett. 2017 Apr;13(4):2373-2376. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.5678. Epub 2017 Feb 06.

A carcinoid tumor of the pancreas (CTP) is a rare pancreatic neoplasm, and usually presents with carcinoid syndrome (CS). CS consists of the classic symptom triad of cutaneous flushing, diarrhea and valvular disease, and occurs in the majority of...

Variceal haemorrhage: An update on treatment.

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology

Sung JJ.
PMID: 28976657
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1998 Nov;13:S161-S165. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1998.tb01870.x.

Recent advances in the management of variceal haemorrhage include injection of cyanoacrylate and the use of banding ligation. New pharmacological agents, such as somatostatin and octreotide, have also proved to be effective in controlling variceal haemorrhage. The transjugular intrahepatic...

Treatment of Refractory Postural Tachycardia Syndrome with Subcutaneous Octreotide Delivered Using an Insulin Pump.

Case reports in medicine

Khan M, Ouyang J, Perkins K, Somauroo J, Joseph F.
PMID: 26089909
Case Rep Med. 2015;2015:545029. doi: 10.1155/2015/545029. Epub 2015 May 19.

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) represents a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that results in symptoms of orthostatic intolerance. Despite having a severe impact on the patient's quality of life, the current treatment options for PoTS are based on...

Peripheral Bronchial Carcinoid Tumor Presenting as a Right Cardiophrenic Angle Mass.

Radiology case reports

Eleid MF, Hsu PY, Appleton CP, Collins JM.
PMID: 27303475
Radiol Case Rep. 2015 Dec 07;2(3):80. doi: 10.2484/rcr.v2i3.80. eCollection 2007.

A 50-year-old woman presented for evaluation of an enlarging right cardiophrenic angle mass. Two years prior she complained of intermittent nausea, diarrhea, and flushing. Initial chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) suggested a pericardial cyst. Due to the onset...

Long-acting octreotide as secondary prevention of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea: proof of concept.

Minerva chirurgica

VAN DEN Heuvel B, Peeters M, Hendlisz A, VAN DEN Eynde M, Machiels G, Dero I, Geboes K, DE Man M, Hendrickx K, Delaunoit T, Monsaert E, Vanderstraten E, VAN Laethem JL, Lybaert W, Holbrechts S, Rolfo C.
PMID: 26771252
Minerva Chir. 2016 Jan 15; Epub 2016 Jan 15.

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to investigate the role of Octreotide LAR in secondary prevention in patients with chemotherapy-induced diarrhea.METHODS: In this study, patients experiencing CID ≥ grade 2 received 30 mg long-acting octreotide as a monthly...

Treatment of Cirrhosis-Associated Hyponatremia with Midodrine and Octreotide.

Frontiers in medicine

Patel S, Nguyen DS, Rastogi A, Nguyen MK, Nguyen MK.
PMID: 28352627
Front Med (Lausanne). 2017 Mar 14;4:17. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00017. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Hyponatremia in the setting of cirrhosis is a common electrolyte disorder with few therapeutic options. The free water retention is due to non-osmotic vasopressin secretion resulting from the cirrhosis-associated splanchnic vasodilatation. Therefore, vasoconstrictive therapy may correct this electrolyte...

Nutritional support in patients with gastrointestinal fistula.

European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society

Yanar F, Yanar H.
PMID: 26815104
Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2011 Jun;37(3):227. doi: 10.1007/s00068-011-0105-6. Epub 2011 Apr 19.

Gastrointestinal fistulas (GIFs) arise as a complication of the surgical treatment of a number of malignant and non-malignant diseases. Fluid loss and electrolyte and nutritional imbalance are related to increased morbidity and mortality in these patients. A multidisciplinary approach...

GLP1 and glucagon co-secreting pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor presenting as hypoglycemia after gastric bypass.

Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports

Guimarães M, Rodrigues P, Pereira SS, Nora M, Gonçalves G, Albrechtsen NW, Hartmann B, Holst JJ, Monteiro MP.
PMID: 26266036
Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2015;2015:150049. doi: 10.1530/EDM-15-0049. Epub 2015 Jul 15.

UNLABELLED: Post-prandial hypoglycemia is frequently found after bariatric surgery. Although rare, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET), which occasionally are mixed hormone secreting, can lead to atypical clinical manifestations, including reactive hypoglycemia. Two years after gastric bypass surgery for the treatment...

Chylous Ascites: A Review of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment.

Journal of clinical and translational hepatology

Bhardwaj R, Vaziri H, Gautam A, Ballesteros E, Karimeddini D, Wu GY.
PMID: 29577037
J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2018 Mar 28;6(1):105-113. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2017.00035. Epub 2017 Dec 04.

Chylous ascites (CA) is a rare form of ascites that results from the leakage of lipid-rich lymph into the peritoneal cavity. This usually occurs due to trauma and rupture of the lymphatics or increased peritoneal lymphatic pressure secondary to...

Fatal hepatitis B reactivation in a patient with islet cell tumor on octreotide and sirolimus.

Journal of gastrointestinal oncology

DeFilippis EM, Ludwig E.
PMID: 26487953
J Gastrointest Oncol. 2015 Oct;6(5):E66-9. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.042.

Reactivation of hepatitis B viral infection (HBVr) is a known risk in cancer patients with a history of chronic hepatitis B infection receiving cytotoxic or immunosuppressive therapies. Patients with hematologic malignancies or those who have received stem cell transplantation...

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