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Elia Guadagno

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Everolimus as first line therapy for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: current knowledge and future perspectives

2017

urpose Everolimus has been shown to be effective for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (pNETs), but its positioning in the therapeutic algorithm for pNETs is matter of debate. Methods With the aim to shed light on this point, we performed an up-to-date critical review taking into account the results of both retrospective and prospective published studies, and the recommendations of international guidelines. In addition, we performed an extensive search on the Clinical Trial Registries databases worldwide, to gather information on the ongoing clinical trials related to this specific topic. Results We identified eight retrospective published studies, two prospective published studies…

0301 basic medicinemTOR inhibitorsCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtyPathologymTOR inhibitorEverolimus; mTOR inhibitors; Neuroendocrine tumours; Therapy; Antineoplastic Agents; Everolimus; Humans; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Pancreatic Neoplasms; Oncology; Cancer ResearchTherapeutic algorithmEverolimus; mTOR inhibitors; neuroendocrine tumours; therapy; antineoplastic agents; everolimus; humans; neuroendocrine tumours; pancreatic neoplasms; oncology; cancer researchEndocrine SyndromeNeuroendocrine tumorsAntineoplastic Agent03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineFirst line therapyNeuroendocrine tumourantineoplastic agentsmedicinehumansIntensive care medicinetherapyEverolimusbusiness.industryPancreatic Neoplasmpancreatic neoplasmsGeneral Medicineeverolimusmedicine.diseaseDiscovery and development of mTOR inhibitorsClinical trialEverolimuNeuroendocrine Tumors030104 developmental biologyOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisneuroendocrine tumoursNeuroendocrine TumorbusinessEverolimus; mTOR inhibitors; Neuroendocrine tumours; Therapy; Antineoplastic Agents; Everolimus; Humans; Neuroendocrine Tumors; Pancreatic NeoplasmsHumanmedicine.drugJournal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
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ENDOCRINE TUMOURS: Calcitonin in thyroid and extra-thyroid neuroendocrine neoplasms: the two-faced Janus.

2020

An increased calcitonin serum level is suggestive of a medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), but is not pathognomonic. The possibility of false positives or other calcitonin-secreting neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) should be considered. Serum calcitonin levels are generally assessed by immunoradiometric and chemiluminescent assays with high sensitivity and specificity; however, slightly moderately elevated levels could be attributable to various confounding factors. Calcitonin values >100 pg/mL are strongly suspicious of malignancy, whereas in patients with moderately elevated values (10–100 pg/mL) a stimulation test may be applied to improve diagnostic accuracy. Although the standard protoco…

MalediagnosisEndocrinology Diabetes and Metabolismbiomarkers; tumor; calcitonin; calcitonin gene-related peptide; carcinoma neuroendocrine; diagnosis differential; endocrine gland neoplasms; false positive reactions; female; humans; janus kinases; male; middle aged; reference values; sensitivity and specificity; thyroid neoplasmscarcinoma0302 clinical medicineEndocrinologyReference ValuehumansEndocrine Gland NeoplasmThyroidMedullary thyroid cancerGeneral MedicineFalse Positive Reactionreference valuesMiddle Agedmedicine.anatomical_structure030220 oncology & carcinogenesisFemalehormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonistsHumanThyroid nodulesCalcitoninmedicine.medical_specialtytumordifferentialCalcitonin Gene-Related Peptide030209 endocrinology & metabolismNeuroendocrinologySensitivity and SpecificityDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicinemedicineBiomarkers TumorneuroendocrineThyroid NeoplasmsCalcitonin Measurementbusiness.industryfalse positive reactionsbiomarkersCalcitonin secretionmedicine.diseaseCarcinoma NeuroendocrineEndocrinologyCalcitoninjanus kinasesJanus KinaseDifferential diagnosisendocrine gland neoplasmsbusiness
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From microbiota toward gastro-enteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: Are we on the highway to hell?

2020

AbstractGut microbiota is represented by different microorganisms that colonize the intestinal tract, mostly the large intestine, such as bacteria, fungi, archaea and viruses. The gut microbial balance has a key role in several functions. It modulates the host’s metabolism, maintains the gut barrier integrity, participates in the xenobiotics and drug metabolism, and acts as protection against gastro-intestinal pathogens through the host’s immune system modulation. The impaired gut microbiota, called dysbiosis, may be the result of an imbalance in this equilibrium and is linked with different diseases, including cancer. While most of the studies have focused on the association between microb…

Endocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismTumor microenvironment.BiologyGut floraNeuroendocrine tumorsmedicine.disease_causedigestive systemArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineEndocrinologyImmune systemNeuroendocrine tumorGastro-medicineHumansCytokine030304 developmental biologyGastrointestinal NeoplasmsInflammation0303 health sciencesTumor microenvironmentMicrobiotadigestive oral and skin physiologymedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationCytokines; Inflammation; Microbiota; Neuroendocrine tumors; Tumor microenvironmentGastrointestinal MicrobiomeTumor microenvironment030220 oncology & carcinogenesisImmunologyDysbiosisCytokinesNeuroendocrine tumorsCarcinogenesisDysbiosisDrug metabolism
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