Is there a clinical usefulness for radiolabeled somatostatin analogues beyond the consolidated role in NETs?

The somatostatin (SS) receptor scintigraphy (SRS), using octreotide radiolabelled with 111In (Ocreoscan©, OCT), is a consolidated diagnostic procedure in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NET) because of an increased expression of somatostatin receptors (SS-R) on neoplastic cells. Uptake of SS an...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Cuccurullo, Giuseppe Danilo Di Stasio, Maria Rosaria Prisco, Luigi Mansi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijri.IJRI_431_16