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somatostatin analog treatment in type I gastric endocrine tumors. Patients and methods From January 2000 to December 2006, all patients admitted to our unit with gastric endocrine tumors underwent the following study protocol. A baseline visit was made in which

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: clinical profile and therapeutic responses . Endocrine-Related Cancer 22 353 – 367 . ( doi:10.1530/ERC-15-0038 ) Bevan JS 2005 Clinical review: the antitumoral effects of somatostatin analog therapy in acromegaly . Journal of Clinical

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), leading to the development of somatostatin analogs (SSAs) as antisecretory and antiproliferative treatments across different NET primaries ( Del Olmo-Garcia et al. 2021 ). Two SSAs have been shown to significantly delay progression or death in metastatic

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, National Cancer Institute 2015 , National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2017 ). Somatostatin analogs (SSAs), introduced in the mid-1980s for the management of CS, are considered the standard of care for patients suffering from this condition ( Boudreaux

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). Pharmacological treatment of GEP NETs comprises somatostatin analogs (SSAs; octreotide (OCT) long-acting release and lanreotide (LAN) autogel), chemotherapy, peptide receptor radiotherapy and targeted therapy with everolimus or sunitinib ( Oronsky et al. 2017

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represented by surgery followed by medical management, such as somatostatin analogs (SSAs), mTOR inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, chemotherapy and peptide receptor radionuclide therapy. However, new treatment options to further improve survival outcomes

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Introduction Somatostatin is a peptide hormone that exerts its biologic activity, including inhibition of hormone secretion, by interacting with a family of G protein receptors. Administration of somatostatin analogs, such as lanreotide and

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Introduction Peptide receptor scintigraphy in man started with the in vivo demonstration of somatostatin receptor-positive tumors in patients using a radioiodinated somatostatin analog ( Krenning et al . 1989 ). Later, other radiolabeled

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gene ( Luciani et al. 2005 ). The aim of this study was to identify the receptor subtype involved in the proapoptotic action of octreotide by evaluating the effect of superselective somatostatin analogs on caspase activity and apoptosis

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most carcinoid tumors highly express somatostatin receptors, treatment of gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors has largely involved somatostatin analogs or the combination of various chemotherapeutic agents. Although somatostatin analogs such as octreotide

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