Gallium-68 somatostatin receptor PET/CT: is it time to replace (111)Indium DTPA octreotide for patients with neuroendocrine tumors?

Endocrine. 2012 Aug;42(1):3-4. doi: 10.1007/s12020-012-9681-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Endocrine Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gallium Radioisotopes*
  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology / methods
  • Medical Oncology / trends*
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods*
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors / diagnostic imaging*
  • Octreotide / analogs & derivatives*
  • Pentetic Acid
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Prognosis
  • ROC Curve
  • Receptors, Somatostatin / chemistry
  • Receptors, Somatostatin / metabolism*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Receptors, Somatostatin
  • indium-111-octreotide
  • Pentetic Acid
  • Octreotide