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Sunitinib for the treatment of metastatic paraganglioma and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-producing tumor (VIPoma)Matthew E Bourcier
Strelitz Diabetes Center and Neuroendocrine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA
Pancreas 42:348-52. 2013..Studies have shown that the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib significantly prolongs progression-free survival in patients with pancreatic NETs. Here, we present 2 case reports of sunitinib in patients with different types of NETs...
Successful control of intractable hypoglycemia using rapamycin in an 86-year-old man with a pancreatic insulin-secreting islet cell tumor and metastasesMatthew E Bourcier
Strelitz Diabetes Center and Neuroendocrine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 23510, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:3157-62. 2009..A continuous infusion of octreotide lowered the blood glucose levels further. He required diazoxide, a thiazide diuretic, phenytoin, and a constant infusion of glucose to control the hypoglycemia and elevated insulin levels...
