PET-Guided Surgery — High Correlation between Positron Emission Tomography with 11C-5-Hydroxytryptophane (5-HTP) and Surgical Findings in Abdominal Neuroendocrine Tumours

PET-Guided Surgery — High Correlation between Positron Emission Tomography with 11C-5-Hydroxytryptophane (5-HTP) and Surgical Findings in Abdominal Neuroendocrine Tumours

Positron emission tomography (PET) with 11C-labeled 5-hydroxytryptophane (5-HTP) is a sensitive technique to visualize neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), due to high intracellular uptake of amine-precursors like L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and 5-HTP. NETs are often small and difficult to localize...

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Main Authors: Barbro Eriksson, Per Hellman, Göran Åkerström, Håkan Örlefors, Anders Sundin, Britt Skogseid, Kjell Öberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-02-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
neuroendocrine tumour
positron emission tomography
hydroxytryptophane
insulinoma
surgery
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/4/1/100/

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