Kayano Daiki, Kinuya Seigo
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2015;2015:189135. doi: 10.1155/2015/189135. Epub 2015 Mar 22.
Neuroblastoma, which derives from neural crest, is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood. The tumors express the norepinephrine (NE) transporters on their cell membrane and take in metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) via a NE transporter. Since iodine-131 (I-131) MIBG therapy was firstly reported, many trails of MIBG therapy in patients with neuroblastoma were performed. Though monotherapy with a low dose of I-131 MIBG could achieve high-probability pain reduction, the objective response was poor. In contrast, more than 12 mCi/kg I-131 MIBG administrations with or without hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) obtain relatively good responses in patients with refractory or relapsed neuroblastoma. The combination therapy with I-131 MIBG and other modalities such as nonmyeloablative chemotherapy and myeloablative chemotherapy with HCT improved the therapeutic response in patients with refractory or relapsed neuroblastoma. In addition, I-131 MIBG therapy incorporated in the induction therapy was proved to be feasible in patients with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma. To expand more the use of MIBG therapy for neuroblastoma, further studies will be needed especially in the use at an earlier stage from diagnosis, in the use with other radionuclide formations of MIBG, and in combined use with other therapeutic agents.
神经母细胞瘤起源于神经嵴,是儿童期最常见的颅外实体癌。肿瘤细胞膜上表达去甲肾上腺素(NE)转运体,并通过NE转运体摄取间碘苄胍(MIBG)。自首次报道碘-131(I-131)MIBG治疗以来,已开展了多项针对神经母细胞瘤患者的MIBG治疗试验。虽然低剂量I-131 MIBG单药治疗可实现较高概率的疼痛缓解,但客观缓解效果不佳。相比之下,给予12 mCi/kg以上的I-131 MIBG,无论是否进行造血细胞移植(HCT),难治性或复发性神经母细胞瘤患者都能获得相对较好的缓解。I-131 MIBG与其他治疗方式如非清髓性化疗和清髓性化疗联合HCT的联合治疗,改善了难治性或复发性神经母细胞瘤患者的治疗反应。此外,在新诊断的神经母细胞瘤患者中,诱导治疗中加入I-131 MIBG治疗被证明是可行的。为了进一步扩大MIBG治疗在神经母细胞瘤中的应用,尤其需要在诊断早期的应用、与MIBG的其他放射性核素形式联合应用以及与其他治疗药物联合应用方面开展更多研究。