Different types of treatments are available for patients with
pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Some treatments are
standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being
tested in clinical trials. A treatment clinical trial is a
research study meant to help improve current treatments or
obtain information on new treatments for patients with cancer.
When clinical trials show that a new treatment is better than
the standard treatment, the new treatment may become the
standard treatment. Patients may want to think about taking part
in a clinical trial. Some clinical trials are open only to
patients who have not started treatment. Chemotherapy is a
cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer
cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from
dividing. When chemotherapy is taken by mouth or injected into a
vein or muscle, the drugs enter the bloodstream and can reach
cancer cells throughout the body (systemic chemotherapy). When
chemotherapy is placed directly into the cereb