Danny Feijtel

Mr. Danny Feijtel


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2023 in Cancers
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DFDanny Feijtel
Danny Feijtel
TRThom G. A. Reuvers
Thom G. A. Reuvers
CSChristine van Tuyll-Van Serooskerken
Christine van Tuyll-Van Serooskerken
CRCorrina M. A. de Ridder
Corrina M. A. de Ridder
DSDebra C. Stuurman
Debra C. Stuurman
JNJulie Nonnekens
Julie Nonnekens
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT), a form of internal targeted radiation treatment using [177Lu]Lu [DOTA0-Tyr3]octreotate, is used to treat patients with metastasized neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Even though PRRT is now the second line of treatment for patients with metastasized NETs, the majority of patients will not be cured by the treatment. PRRT functions by inducing DNA damage upon radioactive decay and inhibition of DNA damage repair proteins could therefore be used as a strategy to potentiate PRRT. Previous work has shown promising results on the combination of PRRT with the PARP inhibitor olaparib in cell lines and mice and we have been taken the next step for further in vivo validation using two different xenografted mouse models. We observed that this combination therapy resulted in increased therapeutic efficacy only in one model and not the other. Overall, our findings indicate a tumor-type dependent anti-tumor response to the combination of PRRT and olaparib. These data emphasize the unmet need for the molecular stratification of tumors to predetermine the potential clinical value of combining PARP inhibition with PRRT.