胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤热点问题的思考

Reflections on hot issues of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

  • 摘要: 胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤(pNENs)是一类高度异质性的消化系统恶性肿瘤,病理学分为分化良好的胰腺神经内分泌瘤(pNETs)和分化差的胰腺神经内分泌癌。pNETs的生物学行为是肿瘤预后和治疗反应的根本决定因素,在此指导下,外科医师需要筛选低危患者开展减瘤术,以及针对根治术后复发转移高危人群施行辅助治疗。针对原发肿瘤长径<2 cm和功能性pNETs 2个特殊亚群,在拟定外科干预策略时需兼顾肿瘤学获益和功能症状控制原则。近年来,下一代测序和类器官技术的进步为揭示pNETs的基因突变背景和微环境特征提供了有效工具。哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白、组蛋白修饰、端粒长度调控、DNA损伤修复作为pNETs发生发展的4大核心通路,在推动其个体化精准治疗发展的同时可用于指导新药研发。pNETs的经验性治疗和临床试验研究是矛盾统一体,需要在治疗中总结规律,并在总结中发展学科。笔者查阅相关文献,探讨近年pNENs的相关热点问题,旨在为该病的诊断与治疗提供参考。

     

    Abstract: Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) is one of the gastrointestinal malignancies of significantly heterogeneous, pathologically classified into well differentiated pancreatic neuro-endocrine tumors (pNETs) and poorly differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas. The prognosis and treatment response of pNETs are primely determined by tumor-intrinsic biolo-gical behavior. Accordingly, surgeons need to operate debulking surgery for low-risk patients, as well as implement adjuvant therapies for those at high-risk of relapse and metastasis after curative resection. Notably, as to two distinct subtypes of patients who suffer primary tumor with diameter less than 2 cm and functional pNETs, oncological benefits and functionally symptomatic control should be considered when formulating surgical strategies. In recent years, advances in next-generation sequencing and organoid technologies have provided practical tools for revealing the gene mutations and tumor microenvironment of pNETs. The four signalling pathways, including mTOR signalling, histone modification, altered telomere length and DNA damage repair pathways, are related to the occurrence and development of pNETs and can be used for the personalization precision therapy of pNETs and guiding the development of new drugs. Empirical therapy and clinical trial studies of pNETs are a continuum of contradictions. Therefore, clinicians need to summarize the rules in treatment and develop disciplines in the summary. Based on relevant literatures, the authors explore the hot issues related to pNENs in recent years, in order to provide reference for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

     

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