Use of full-dose contrast-enhanced CT for extrahepatic staging using Gallium-68-DOTATATE PET/CT in patients with neuroendocrine tumors

PURPOSEStudies have demonstrated that positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with Gallium-68 (68Ga)-labeled somatostatin analogues are effective at detecting metastatic disease in neuroendocrine tumors (NET), especially extrahepatic metastases. However, PET in combination with ful...

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Main Authors: Jonas Apitzsch, Frederik Anton Verburg, Felix Mottaghy, Alexander Heinzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2021-07-01
Series:Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Online Access: http://www.dirjournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/use-of-full-dose-contrast-enhanced-ct-for-extrahep/54308