An Italian real-world multicenter study of patients with advanced mixed neuroendocrine non-neuroendocrine neoplasms (MiNENs) of the gastro-entero-pancreatic system treated with chemotherapy.
Francesca SpadaMassimo MilionePatrick MaisonneuveNatalie PrinziValeria SmiroldoElena BolzacchiniSara PuscedduCarlo CarnaghiFausto SessaStefano La RosaSilvia UccellaNicola FazioPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2024)
This study confirms that GEP-MiNENs represent a complex disease and that over the past years the clinical management has been predominantly guided by the subjective judgment of the clinicians. Although, in this series, the NEC component appeared mostly responsible for the systemic spread and prognosis on the whole neoplasm, the lack of strong prognostic and predictive factors universally recognized seems to condition their management so far. Future prospective clinical and biomolecular studies could help clinicians to improve clinical management of GEP-MiNENs.