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Carcinoid Syndrome: Updates and Review of Current Therapy

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Carcinoid syndrome (CS) is a complex disorder caused by functional neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). This debilitating disease is characterized by hyper-secretion of biologically active substances eliciting major hormonal symptoms burden and fibrotic changes that are often challenging for management. There have been a number of insights that have substantially advanced treatments since the introduction of somatostatin analogs (SSAs). Second-line treatments are needed in a substantial proportion of patients with advanced disease that have uncontrolled hormone secretion on the highest labeled doses of SSAs. International guidelines suggest several available options including dose escalation of SSAs, interferon alpha, everolimus, radionuclide therapy, liver-directed therapies, and the novel tryptophan hydroxylase 1 inhibitor, telotristat ethyl. The clear preference of one second-line therapy over the other is not stated since their relative and long-term efficacy are largely unknown, and standardized approach of hormonal response assessment is lacking in the literature. In the clinical setting, the treatment of CS is guided in conjunction with patients’ performance status, tumor origin, grade, stage, and growth rate, with regard to both anti-hormonal, as well as anti-proliferative effect. There is an unmet need for further well-designed randomized placebo-controlled and head-to-head studies that systematically assess CS symptom control and biochemical response following a specific intervention.

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Oleinikov, K., Avniel-Polak, S., Gross, D.J. et al. Carcinoid Syndrome: Updates and Review of Current Therapy. Curr. Treat. Options in Oncol. 20, 70 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11864-019-0671-0

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