Multimodal therapy with aggressive hepatectomy, everolimus, and octreotide for metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm enables 10-year survival.
Shinsei YumotoShigeki NakagawaHiromitsu HayashiDaisuke OgawaYuta ShiraishiHiroki SatoTakashi MatsumotoKatsunori ImaiYo-Ichi YamashitaHideo BabaPublished in: Clinical journal of gastroenterology (2022)
The presence of neuroendocrine liver metastases is one of the poorest prognostic factors in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, and surgical resection of neuroendocrine liver metastases is the only curable treatment. A 38-year-old man had a pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm with synchronous multiple liver metastases, and two surgeries and continuous everolimus and octreotide achieved R0 resection. However, multiple neuroendocrine liver metastases developed twice after more than 5 years of recurrence-free survival. Aggressive repeat hepatectomy was performed and he has survived for more than 10 years after the initial surgery. This report highlights that patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms have a potential risk of recurrence even after 5 years of recurrence-free survival. In addition, combined aggressive hepatectomy and continuous medication can contribute dramatically to long-term survival even for late-stage recurrence of liver metastases.