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Table 1 Conversion surgery after PRRT for initially unresectable PNET

From: Pathological complete response of initially unresectable multiple liver metastases achieved using combined peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and somatostatin analogs following pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor resection: a case report

Case

Year

Authors

Age

Sex

Liver metastasis

Unresectable factors

Pre-treatment

Response (RECIST)

Conversion surgery

R

PFS months

1

2009

Kaemmerer [31]

33

F

No

SMA/SMV involvement

PALN metastasis

90Y-DOTATATE × 2cycles

PR

PPPD

 + Mesenterium LN resection

R0

18.0

2

2010

Stoeltzing [19]

49

M

Yes

Multiple liver metastases

Distal pancreatectomy → 90Y-DOTATOC × 2cycles

PR

Subsegmentectomy + RFA

R0

12.0

3

2012

Ezziddin [32]

43

F

Yes

SMV involvement

Multiple liver metastases

177Lu-DOTATATE × 3cycles

PR-CR

PD + adjuvant SSA

R0

22.0

4

2012

Barber [33]

50

M

No

Not mentioned

Chemotherapy → 177Lu-DOTATATE × 4cycles

PR

Not mentioned

R0

12.0

5

2020

Chiapponi [20]

49

M

Yes

Multiple liver metastases

Sandostatin + 177Lu-DOTATATE → Selective internal radiotherapy

PR

Distal pancreatectomy + Partial hepatectomy

R1

57.0*

6

2021

Opalinska [21]

M

No

Large vessel infiltration

or

Invasion to adjacent organs

90Y-DOTATATE

PD

Not mentioned

R1

8.2

7

2021

Opalinska [21]

M

Yes

177Lu/90Y-DOTATATE

SD

Hemi-hepatectomy

R0

116.2

8

2021

Opalinska21

F

Yes

90Y-DOTATATE

SD

Not mentioned

R0

26.4

9

2023

Our case

52

M

Yes

Bone metastasis

Multiple liver metastases

SSA → 177Lu-DOTATATE + SSA

PR-CR

Partial hepatectomy

R0

17.0

10

2011

Staszczak34

56

M

Yes

SMV involvement

Multiple liver metastases

90Y-DOTATATE

PR

Not performed

  1. RECIST Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors, CR complete response, PR Partial response, SD stable disease, PD progression disease, PFS progression-free survival, SMA superior mesenteric artery, SMV superior mesenteric vein, SSA somatostatin analog, PPPD pyrolus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, PALN para aortice lymph node, RFA radiofrequency ablation
  2. Patients may have received chemotherapy or somatostatin analogs before PRRT
  3. *All the tumors had regressed after PRRT was performed again