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ESMO NET (Neuroendocrine Tumours) Report 2024: Two breakthrough studies changing the future treatment algorithm of NET

BJMO - volume 19, issue 2, march 2025

W. Lybaert MD, L. Mariën MSc, O. Islam MD, S. Chhajlani MD, C. De Weerdt MSc, I. Nietvelt MSc, S. Raats MSc, L. Verbruggen PhD, T. Vandamme MD, PhD

SUMMARY

During the ESMO Conference in Barcelona in 2024, two important phase 3 studies in the field of neuro-endocrine tumours (NET) that were presented earlier this year were updated and also published subsequently. The NETTER-2 trial is shifting [177Lu]Lu-DOTATATE Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) to the first-line treatment setting of patients with advanced, well-differentiated grade 2 and grade 3 gastro-enteropancreatic (GEP) NET; the CABINET trial is adding cabozantinib as targeted systemic therapy for previously treated, progressive advanced extrapancreatic and pancreatic NET.

In this report, these two practice-changing NET trials will be discussed in depth, with comments on the clinical relevance and the outstanding questions.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2025;19(2):78–82)

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