Functional imaging of endocrine tumors: role of positron emission tomography

K Pacak, G Eisenhofer, DS Goldstein - Endocrine Reviews, 2004 - academic.oup.com
imaging approaches for diagnostic localization of endocrine tumors, with emphasis on positron
emission tomography (… is now a widely accepted imaging approach in clinical oncology. …

Neuroendocrine Tumor Imaging: Can 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Detect Tumors with Poor Prognosis and Aggressive Behavior?

C Pasquali, D Rubello, C Sperti, P Gasparoni… - World Journal of …, 1998 - Springer
… We evaluated the clinical value of positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG) for neuroendocrine tumor (NET) detection. Sixteen patients with …

Imaging of neuroendocrine tumors

V Rufini, ML Calcagni, RP Baum - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
… to obtain images that simultaneously hold both anatomic (… tomography [CT]) and functional
(single-photon emission computed tomography [SPECT] or positron emission tomography […

18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Survival of Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors

T Binderup, U Knigge, A Loft, B Federspiel… - Clinical Cancer Research, 2010 - AACR
… Purpose: 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is currently
not used on a routine basis for imaging of neuroendocrine (NE) tumors. The aim of this study …

The impact of 68Ga-DOTATOC positron emission tomography/computed tomography on the multimodal management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors

A Frilling, GC Sotiropoulos, A Radtke, M Malago… - Annals of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
… studies showed that 68 Ga-DOTATOC or other somatostatin receptor related peptides such
as DOTANOC are superior to DOPA in imaging of typical neuroendocrine tumors. However, …

… of 68Ga-DOTATATE Positron-Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis, Management, Follow-Up and Prognosis of Neuroendocrine Tumors

A Tirosh, E Kebebew - Future Oncology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
imaging modality for NETs that has been found to be more sensitive for NET detection than
other imaging … -DOTATATE positron emission tomography/computed tomography for the …

Role of positron emission tomography/computed tomography in adrenal and neuroendocrine tumors: fluorodeoxyglucose and nonfluorodeoxyglucose tracers

KK Wong, M Arabi, I Zerizer, A Al-Nahhas… - Nuclear medicine …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
… The past decade has seen an increasing clinical utilization of positron emission tomography
(PET), such that it is now considered a standard oncology imaging modality. Integrated PET/…

… of 68Ga-DOTATATE Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Detecting Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors and Unknown Primary …

SM Sadowski, V Neychev, C Millo, J Shih… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
… When we compared 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging to surgical histopathology in a
per-lesion analysis, we found true positive lesions in 72 of 113 lesions (63.7%), in 25 of 113 …

Positron emission tomography with 5-hydroxytryprophan in neuroendocrine tumors.

H Orlefors, A Sundin, H Ahlström, P Bjurling… - Journal of Clinical …, 1998 - ascopubs.org
… of positron emission tomography (PET) with carbon-1 -labeled 5-HTP in the diagnosis and
treatment follow-up evaluation of patients with neuroendocrine tumors. … two functional imaging

Limited value of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for the imaging of neuroendocrine tumours

S Adams, R Baum, T Rink, PM Schumm-Dräger… - European journal of …, 1998 - Springer
… of fluorine-18 FDG positron emission tomography (PET) with that of somato… neuroendocrine
tumours. Fifteen patients with metastasizing gastroenteropancreatic tumours (GEP tumours; …