The trial looked at radionuclide therapy Lu-Dotatate in patients with advanced midgut neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), and showed an improvement in overall survival and the reduction of progression or death risk by 79%.
Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD, medical oncologist, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the results of the phase III NETTER-1 trial. The trial looked at radionuclide therapy Lu-Dotatate (177Lutetium DOTATATE; Lutathera) in patients with advanced midgut neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), and showed an improvement in overall survival and the reduction of progression or death risk by 79%.
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