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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Role of Chemotherapy in Advanced and Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET).

Matthew H WongDavid L ChanAdrian LeeBob T LiSumit LumbaStephen J ClarkeJaswinder SamraNick Pavlakis
Published in: PloS one (2016)
Strong evidence is lacking in the area of chemotherapy in neuroendocrine tumors. There is currently no evidence that one chemotherapeutic regimen is significantly better than the other, nor is interferon better than chemotherapy. There is an urgent need to design RCTs comparing modern chemotherapy to other agents in NET.
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