Treatment of Recurrent Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors

The prognosis for any patient with progressive or recurrent disease is poor. Decisions about further treatment depend on many factors, including previous treatment, site of recurrence, and individual patient considerations. Attempts at re-resecting slow-growing tumors (e.g., repeat or multiple liver resections) are worthy of consideration after extensive evaluation, as further reduction of tumor volume may provide long-term palliation. Recurrence at any single site may also be potentially resectable. Clinical trials are appropriate and should be considered when possible.

Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI website.