Lu177-DOTA-octreotate therapy on neuroendocrine tumour management: A case report and literature review

Authors

  • Georgios Bartseas Nuclear Medicine Dpt Evangelismos General Hospital Athens, Greece
  • Nektarios Alevizopoulos Department of Oncology, Evagelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
  • Lina Skoura Nuclear Medicine Dpt Evangelismos General Hospital Athens, Greece
  • Eirini Xousianakou Nuclear Medicine Dpt Evangelismos General Hospital Athens, Greece
  • Michael Vaslamatzis Department of Oncology, Evagelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
  • Ioannis Datseris Nuclear Medicine Dpt Evangelismos General Hospital Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2015/hc.v11i2.732

Keywords:

Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT), Lu177-DOTA-octreotate, Neuroendocrine tumors (NET).

Abstract

Favourable outcomes of peptide receptor radiotherapy of neuroendocrine tumors have been reported during the last years. This case report refers to a patient with a non-functional neuroendocrine carcinoma of pancreas with liver metastases and abdominal lymph nodes involvement. He underwent fractionated treatment with 4 cycles of Lu177-DOTA-octreoate (7.400MBq) after the failure of treatment with chemotherapy regiments. We conclude that fractionated therapy with Lu177-DOTA-octreotate should be considered a treatment option in the management of patients for symptomatic improvement in inoperable or metastasized neuroendocrine tumors, and for patients with large tumors and high somatostatin receptor expression.

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Published

2016-04-05

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2016)

Section

CASE REPORTS

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