Sandostatin and the Hammersmith Experience
作者:
D. Wynick,
SR. Bloom,
期刊:
Digestion
(Karger Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 45,
issue 1
页码: 5-10
ISSN:0012-2823
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1159/000200254
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Pancreatic islet cell tumours;Sandostatin;Octreotide;Hammersmith Hospital
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Ten patients with various metastatic pancreatic tumours have received Sandostatin (octreotide) for up to 5 years, initially 50 μg t.i.d. subcutaneously but increased over 6–12 months to 500 μg t.i.d. Three patients showed no biochemical or clinical response to Sandostatin. In the remaining patients, treatment was extremely effective: tumour secretions fell by nearly 60% and clinical symptoms improved or resolved in all. At 5–6 months, all patients showed worsening symptoms and rising hormonal concentrations. Although relapses were initially responsive to Sandostatin (at 500 μg t.i.d.), patients eventually became unresponsive to all therapies, and all died within 6 months of the development of this resistive phase. Side effects were minimal and long-term therapy was well tolerated. Steatorrhoea and the development of gallstones were not ob
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