Sunitinib in Tandem With ¹⁷⁷Lu-DOTATATE Therapy in Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor A New Treatment Approach

Various systemic treatment options are available for advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs); however, individual treatment may be suboptimally effective. Sunitinib inhibits multiple kinases and signaling pathways with delay in tumor growth, whereas peptide radioreceptor therapy (PRRT) delivers targeted radiation to the tumors in pancreatic NETs. There is a dearth of literature on the combined or tandem use of these systemic treatment modalities. We present a case of 40-year-old man with advanced pancreatic NET where PRRT or sunitinib as monotherapy had a suboptimal treatment response, but the use of sunitinib in tandem with 177Lu-PRRT reinforced the response to the treatment.