Clinical Applications of Somatostatin Receptor (Agonist) PET Tracers beyond Neuroendocrine Tumors

Somatostatin receptor (SSTR) agonist tracers used in nuclear medicine scans are classically used for neuroendocrine tumor diagnosis and staging. SSTR are however, expressed more widely in a variety of cells as seen in the distribution of physiological tracer uptake during whole body scans. This prov...

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Main Authors: Rasmus Helgebostad, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim, Kjersti Johnsrud, Kristine Amlie, Abass Alavi, James Patrick Connelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/2/528