2020
Cost-Effectiveness of Initial Versus Delayed Lanreotide for Treatment of Metastatic Enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.
Barnes JI, Lin JK, Gupta D, Owens DK, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Kunz PL. Cost-Effectiveness of Initial Versus Delayed Lanreotide for Treatment of Metastatic Enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2020, 18: 1200-1209. PMID: 32886901, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7563.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioMetastatic enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsEnteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsNeuroendocrine tumorsInitial therapyActive surveillanceNCCN Clinical Practice GuidelinesProlonged progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalClinical practice guidelinesActive surveillance strategyLifetime time horizonCost-effectiveness ratioHealthcare sector perspectiveProbabilistic sensitivity analysesCLARINET trialPostprogression treatmentPlacebo armAdrenal tumorsTumor trialsTreatment optionsPractice guidelinesLanreotideSurveillance strategiesQALY
2019
Surgery Versus Surveillance for Well‐Differentiated, Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: An 11‐Year Analysis of the National Cancer Database
Assi HA, Mukherjee S, Kunz PL, Machiorlatti M, Vesely S, Pareek V, Hatoum H. Surgery Versus Surveillance for Well‐Differentiated, Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: An 11‐Year Analysis of the National Cancer Database. The Oncologist 2019, 25: e276-e283. PMID: 32043766, PMCID: PMC7011621, DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Cancer DatabaseIndependent prognostic factorPancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsCharlson-Deyo comorbidity scoreNonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumorsImproved overall survivalSurgical resectionNF-PanNETOverall survivalPrognostic factorsTumor sizeNeuroendocrine tumorsActive surveillanceCancer DatabaseComorbidity scoreClinicopathologic characteristicsLarge tumorsTumor locationProspective randomized clinical trialsSafe approachActive interventionLarge asymptomatic tumorTumor size 1Underwent surgical resectionPatients' clinicopathologic characteristics