STREET - Somatostatin Treatment Experience Trial
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Introduction: Somatostatin analogs (SSA) delay progress and decrease symptoms in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs). It is not known whether patients’ experiences of injection treatment differ between different SSAs.
Aim(s): To investigate quality of life and treatment experience with SSA in patients with GEP-NETs.
Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in two Swedish NET centres. Patients with GEP-NET, older than 18 years, with SSA-treatment for less than 3 years and with Ki67<10% were eligible and identified from hospital databases. Patients were sent a questionnaire addressing practical aspects of, and patient anxiety during the most recent SSA injection.
Conference: 14th Annual ENETSConcerence (2017)
Presenting Author:
Authors: Almquist M, Myrenfors P, Ström T, Kozlovacki G,
Keywords: somatostatin analogs, octreotide, lanreotide, quality of life, injection,
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