Howe James R, Menda Yusuf, Chandrasekharan Chandrikha, Bellizzi Andrew M, Quelle Dawn E, O'Dorisio M Sue, Dillon Joseph S
Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
Endocr Pract. 2025 Jan;31(1):4-18. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2024.09.018. Epub 2024 Sep 28.
The Iowa Neuroendocrine Tumor (NET) Clinic was founded and developed by two remarkable physicians, Thomas and Sue O'Dorisio. Tom was an Endocrinologist and close friend and colleague of Aaron Vinik. Both men were pioneers in studies of gastrointestinal hormones and the management of patients with NETs. Sue was a Pediatric Oncologist and research scientist with great expertise in new drug development and clinical trials. She and Tom were leaders in bringing somatostatin analogs and somatostatin-conjugated radioligands to the clinic for the therapy and diagnosis of NETs. All three physicians received lifetime achievement awards for their contributions to the field of NETs. This is the story of how the Iowa NET Clinic developed over the years to become a model for the multidisciplinary mantagement of patients with NETs, culminating in its designation as a European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society NET Center of Excellence, and the receipt of a Specialized Project of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant for the study of NETs from the National Institutes of Health.
爱荷华神经内分泌肿瘤（NET）诊所由两位杰出的医生托马斯和苏·奥多里西奥创立并发展起来。汤姆是一名内分泌学家，也是亚伦·维尼的密友和同事。两人都是胃肠激素研究和NET患者管理方面的先驱。苏是一名儿科肿瘤学家和研究科学家，在新药开发和临床试验方面有着卓越的专业知识。她和汤姆在将生长抑素类似物和生长抑素结合的放射性配体引入诊所用于NET的治疗和诊断方面发挥了领导作用。这三位医生都因其对NET领域的贡献而获得了终身成就奖。以下是爱荷华NET诊所多年来如何发展成为NET患者多学科管理典范的故事，最终它被指定为欧洲神经内分泌肿瘤学会卓越NET中心，并获得了美国国立卫生研究院授予的用于NET研究的卓越研究专项（SPORE）资助。
