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May 2018 Clinical endocrinology

Prospective evaluation of Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in limited disease neuroendocrine tumours and/or elevated serum neuroendocrine biomarkers.

Authors

Gabriel S, Garrigue P, Dahan L, Castinetti F, Sebag F, Baumstark K, Archange C, Jha A, Pacak K, Guillet B, Taïeb D

Summary

The Ga-labelled somatostatin analogues ( Ga-DOTA-SSAs) is becoming popular as an important diagnostic tool in neuroendocrine tumours as evidenced by a growing number of reports detailing institutional experience with various DOTA peptides. However, only few prospective studies have compared Ga-DOTA-SSAs and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) and pulmonary neuroendocrine tumours.

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