Octreotide pamoate

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-015588",
  "term": "Octreotide pamoate",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A synthetic long-acting octapeptide analogue of endogenous somatostatin. Octreotide pamoate binds to somatostatin receptors expressed by some neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine tumor cells, thereby initiating somatostatin receptor-mediated apoptosis. Other possible antineoplastic activities of this agent include suppression of tumor angiogenesis and tumor growth-promoting insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1).",
  "synonyms": [
    "OP LAR",
    "octreotide pamoate LAR(SMS 201-995)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/octreotide-pamoate/"
}