PMID- 30600364 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190624 LR - 20200225 IS - 1432-2323 (Electronic) IS - 0364-2313 (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Mar TI - Chemoprevention with Somatuline(c) Delays the Progression of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in a Mouse Model of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1). PG - 831-838 LID - 10.1007/s00268-018-4839-8 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Long-acting synthetic somatostatin analogues (SSA) are an essential part of the treatment of neuroendocrine neoplasms. We evaluated the chemopreventive effects of a long-acting somatostatin analogue on the development of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (pNENs) in a genetically engineered MEN1 knockout mouse model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Heterozygote MEN1 knockout mice were injected every 28 days subcutaneously with the somatostatin analogue lanreotide (Somatuline Autogel(c); Ipsen Pharma) or a placebo starting at day 35 after birth. Mice were euthanized after 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 months, and the size and number of pNENs were measured due histological analysis and compared to the placebo group. RESULTS: The median tumor size of pNENs was statistically significantly smaller after 9 (control group vs. SSA group; 706.476 microm(2) vs. 195.271 microm(2); p = 0.0012), 12 (placebo group vs. SSA group 822.022 vs. 255.482; p