Femme et Homme
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Extrait
To determine the objective response rate (ORR) (including complete response and partial response) of RAD001 10 mg po qd monotherapy in patients with advanced (unresectable or metastatic) pancreatic NETs after the failure of cytotoxic chemotherapy (stratum 1).
Critère d'inclusion
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) comprise only 1-2% of all pancreatic tumors. The annual incidence is approx. 3.5 to 4 per million population. The hormones secreted by pancreatic NET depend upon the cell of origin and are physiologically involved in a network of autocrine, paracrine, endocrine and neurotransmitter communication. While hormone secretion is not observed in all cases, the “nonfunctioning” pancreatic NET tend to be more aggressive and present with symptoms of tumor bulk