Nuclear imaging of neuroendocrine tumours

A Sundin, U Garske, H Örlefors - Best practice & research Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
The diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) and monitoring of therapy in many
patients relies mainly on morphological imaging techniques such as computed tomography …

Imaging of NETs with PET radiopharmaceuticals

V Ambrosini, P Tomassetti, R Franchi… - The Quarterly Journal …, 2010 - search.proquest.com
Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) diagnosis has represented a major challenge in the past
decades. The introduction of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in the diagnostic work-up …

Imaging of advanced neuroendocrine tumors with 18F-FDOPA PET

A Becherer, M Szabó, G Karanikas… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the imaging of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with 111In-labeled somatostatin receptor analogs …

Appropriate use criteria for somatostatin receptor PET imaging in neuroendocrine tumors

TA Hope, EK Bergsland, MF Bozkurt… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Somatostatin receptor (SSTR) PET has demonstrated a significant improvement over
conventional imaging (CI) in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). SSTR PET should …

Comparison of 68Ga-DOTATOC PET and 111In-DTPAOC (Octreoscan) SPECT in patients with neuroendocrine tumours

I Buchmann, M Henze, S Engelbrecht… - European journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) can be imaged with scintigraphy using
radiolabelled somatostatin analogues. The aim of our study was to compare the value of 68 …

Head-to-head comparison of 64Cu-DOTATATE and 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT: a prospective study of 59 patients with neuroendocrine tumors

CB Johnbeck, U Knigge, A Loft… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
Somatostatin receptor imaging is a valuable tool in the diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment
planning of neuroendocrine tumor (NET). PET-based tracers using 68Ga as the radioisotope …

Contemporary nuclear medicine imaging of neuroendocrine tumours

KK Wong, RT Waterfield, MC Marzola, AF Scarsbrook… - Clinical radiology, 2012 - Elsevier
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare, heterogeneous, and often hormonally active
neoplasms. Nuclear medicine (NM) imaging using single photon-and positron-emitting …

Neuroendocrine tumours: the role of imaging for diagnosis and therapy

M Van Essen, A Sundin, EP Krenning… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
In patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), a combination of morphological imaging
and nuclear medicine techniques is mandatory for primary tumour visualization, staging and …

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 18 F-
fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for neuroendocrine tumor (NET) detection. Sixteen patients with …

Nuclear medicine imaging of neuroendocrine tumours

E Bombardieri, M Maccauro, E De Deckere, G Savelli… - Annals of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Different tracers have been proposed in nuclear medicine to visualize neuroendocrine
tumours; the majority are based on specific uptake mechanisms while some are aspecific …